History
Established in late 1944 at Peterson Field, Colorado. Trained under XXII Bomber Command as a Very Long Range P-47N Thunderbolt bomber escort squadron, programmed for B-29 escort duty from Okinawa. Training delayed due to P-47N aircraft non-availability, finally equipped in the late spring of 1945 with the long-distance fighters. Deployed to Okinawa in June 1945 as part of the 507th Fighter Group and prepared for the invasion of Japan along with the 413th and 414th Fighter Groups, all equipped with P-47N.
The squadron flew some long distance fighter-bomber sweeps over Japanese Home Islands 1 July 1945-14 August 1945 but never performed operational B-29 escort missions due to the end of the war in August. Last "Ace in a Day" of W.W.II was 1st LT Oscar Perdomo of the 464th. Remained in Okinawa until inactivated in May 1946.
On 28 May 1946, the unit was redesigned as the 199th Fighter Squadron and allocated to the Hawaii Air National Guard.
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