The 341st Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 348th Fighter Group, based at Itami Air Base, Japan. It was inactivated on May 10, 1946.
It was allocated to the New Jersey Air National Guard and redesignated as the 141st Fighter Squadron on May 24, 1946.
History
Lineage
Constituted 340th Fighter Squadron on September 24, 1942
Activated on September 30, 1942
Inactivated on to May 1946.
Assignments
348th Fighter Group, September 30, 1942 – May 10, 1946
Stations
Mitchel Field, New York, September 30, 1942
Bradley Field, Connecticut, September 30, 1942
Westover Field, Massachusetts, October 30, 1942
Hillsgrove AAF, Rhode Island, January 23, 1943
Westover Field, Massachusetts, April 26 – May 9, 1943
Jackson Airfield (7 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea, June 23, 1943
Finschafen Airfield (Dreger Field), New Guinea, December 13, 1943
Saidor Airfield, New Guinea, March 13, 1944
Wakde Airfield, Wakde, Netherlands East Indies, May 26, 1944
Kornasoren (Yebrurro) Airfield Noemfoor, Netherlands East Indies, August 24, 1944 Tacloban Airfield, Leyte, Philippines, November 30, 1944 Tanauan Airfield, Leyte, Philippines, December 14, 1944 San Marcelino Airfield, Luzon, Philippines, February 4, 1945 Floridablanca Airfield (Basa Air Base), Luzon, Philippines, c. May 15, 1945 Ie Shima Airfield, Okinawa, July 9, 1945 Kanoya Airfield, Japan, September 9, 1945 Itami Airfield, Japan, c. October 20, 1945 – May 10, 1946.
Aircraft
P-47 Thunderbolt, 1942–1945
P-51 Mustang, 1945.
Operational history
Combat in Southwest and Western Pacific, July 30, 1943 – August 15, 1945.