Yontan Airfield - Major USAAF Units Assigned To Yontan

Major USAAF Units Assigned To Yontan

  • Headquarters, Seventh Air Force, July 12, 1945 – January 1, 1946
  • Headquarters, VII Bomber Command, July 1945 – March 1946
  • Headquarters, 38th Bombardment Group
B-25 Mitchell, July 25 – November 22, 1945
71st Bombardment Squadron, July 25 – November 22, 1945
405th Bombardment Squadron, July 25 – November 21, 1945
822d Bombardment Squadron, July 25 – November 22, 1945
823d Bombardment Squadron, July 25 – November 21, 1945
  • 41st Bombardment Group Seventh Air Force
B-25 Mitchell, June 7 – December 13, 1945
47th Bombardment Squadron, June 7 – December 13, 1945
48th Bombardment Squadron, June 7 – December 13, 1945
396th Bombardment Squadron, June 7 – December 13, 1945
820th Bombardment Squadron, June 7 – December 13, 1945
  • 494th Bombardment Group Seventh Air Force
B-24 Liberator, June 24 – December 8, 1945
373d Bombardment Squadron, July 21 – December 15, 1945
864th Bombardment Squadron, June 24 – December 13, 1945
865th Bombardment Squadron, June 24 – December 13, 1945
866th Bombardment Squadron, June 24 – December 13, 1945
867th Bombardment Squadron, June 24 – December 13, 1945
  • 35th Fighter Group Fifth Air Force
P-51 Mustang, June 28 – October 1945
39th Fighter Squadron, June 30 – October 10, 1945
40th Fighter Squadron, June 30 – October 10, 1945
41st Fighter Squadron, June 30 – October 10, 1945
  • 312th Bombardment Group Fifth Air Force
A-20 Havoc August 13 – December 13, 1945
386th Bombardment Squadron, August 13 – November 28, 1945 (B-32 Dominator)
387th Bombardment Squadron, August 13 – December 13, 1945
388th Bombardment Squadron, September – December 13, 1945
389th Bombardment Squadron, September – December 9, 1945
  • 413th Fighter Group, Eighth/Twentieth Air Force*
P-47 Thunderbolt January 29 – October 1946
1st Fighter Squadron, January 29 – October 15, 1946
21st Fighter Squadron, January 29 – October 15, 1946
34th Fighter Squadron, January 29 – October 15, 1946
  • 507th Fighter Group, Eighth Air Force
P-47 Thunderbolt, January 29 – May 27, 1946
463d Fighter Squadron, January 29 – May 27, 1946
464th Fighter Squadron, January 29 – May 27, 1946
465th Fighter Squadron, January 29 – May 27, 1946
  • 51st Fighter Group, Twentieth Air Force
P-47 Thunderbolt, October 15, 1946 – May 22, 1947
16th Fighter Squadron, 15 October 1946-22 May 1947
25th Fighter Squadron, 15 October 1946-22 May 1947
26th Fighter Squadron, 15 October 1946-22 May 1947
  • 4th Fighter Squadron (All Weather) (347th Fighter Group), February 20, 1947 – August 19, 1948 (P-61 Black Widow)

In addition to the USAAF units, Yontan Airfield hosted several Naval and Marine Corps air squadrons equipped with F4U Corsairs, PBY Catalinas and F6F Hellcats.

  • Eighth Air Force was reassigned to Mac Dill AAF, Florida on June 7, 1946. All assigned units in the Pacific were reassigned to Twentieth Air Force that date.

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