14th Army Air Force

HQ: Chungking, China

Order: Protect China

Version: 27-12-09 (D-M-Y) - 17 Pics

 

 

 

 

68th Fighter Wing
 Activated in China on 3 Sep 1943.
Redesignated 68th Composite Wing in Dec 1943

 

 

 

 

51st Fighter Group

16th Fighter Squadron

25th Fighter Squadron

26th Fighter Squadron

449th Fighter Squadron
1943   -   Curtiss P-40K WARHAWK   -   Assam Valley, India
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 13  ''Jinx''
P-40K (?)
Sookerating Field, India		 - -
1944, March   -   North American P-51B/C MUSTANG   -   Kunming, China
In March 1944, the group converted to the North American P-51B/C, and each squadron’s aircraft carried their distinctive shark mouths.
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 11  ''Bullfrog I''
P-51B-1-NA (43-12405)
Colonel David 'Tex' Hill
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By the fall of 1944, the 25th Squadron added a checkerboard design to the vertical tail fin.
- Yunnanyi, China, November 1944
 259  ''Gladys''
P-51C-10-NT (43-24959)
-Pilot ?-
Kunming, China, Fall 1944		 -
1945   -   North American P-51D MUSTANG    -   China
- Capt Duane Biteman, 25 FS,
in China during May 1945.
 261  ''?''
P-51B-1-NA (4.-..367)
-Pilot ?-
China, 1945		 -
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 267  ''?''
P-51B-1-NA (43-6769) ??
Colonel David "Tex" Hill
Kunming, China, 1945		 -

 

 

 

 

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341st Bombardement Group (Medium)

11th Bombardment Squadron (Medium)
 

 22nd Bombardment Squadron (Medium)
 		 490th Bombardment Squadron (Medium)
 "Burma Bridge Busters"		 491st Bombardment Squadron (Medium)
 
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69th Bombardment Wing
Activated in China on 3 Sep 1943.
Redesignated 69th Composite Wing in Dec 1943.

 

 

308th Bomb Group
The 308th made many trips over the Hump to India to obtain gasoline, oil, bombs, spare parts,
and other items the group needed to prepare for and then to sustain its combat operations.

373rd Bomb Squadron

374th Bomb Squadron

375th Bomb Squadron

425th Bomb Squadron
1942, April 15   -   Consolidated B-24 LIBERATOR   -   Gowen Field, Idaho
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1942, June 18   -   Consolidated B-24 LIBERATOR   -   Davis-Monthan Field, Ariz.
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1942, July 24   -   Consolidated B-24 LIBERATOR   -   Alamogordo, NM
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1942, August 28   -   Consolidated B-24 LIBERATOR   -   Davis-Monthan Field, Ariz.
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1942, October 1 - November 28   -   Consolidated B-24 LIBERATOR   -   Wendover Field, Utah
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1942, November 30 - 1943, January 2   -   Consolidated B-24 LIBERATOR   -   Pueblo AAB, CO
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1943, March 20   -   Consolidated B-24J-80-CO LIBERATOR   -   China
The 308th Group supported Chinese ground forces:
attacked  airfields, coalyards, docks, oil refineries, and fuel dumps in French Indochina;
mined rivers and ports; bombed shops and docks at Rangoon;
attacked Japanese shipping in the East China Sea, Formosa Strait, South China Sea, and Gulf of Tonkin.
Yangkai

Chengkung

 Chengkung Kungming

"The GOON"
B-24D-20-CO (41-24183)
China, 1943-44
Fate: Lost Feb 1, 1945, China.
MACR 12030.
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Note: Should have 1943 markings
in red, or overpainted with blue.
"Georgia Peach"
B-24J-45-CO (42-73445)
China
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"Heavenly Body"
B-24J-180-CO (44-40823)
China 1944
Fate: Crew was unable to locate landing field because of solid ground cover for the entire flight, ran out
of fuel, and crew bailed out over China Oct 3, 1944.
  "The GOON" was probably the most publicized B-24 in the CBI, getting photos of her nose art in the January 1944 issue of 'National Geographic Magazine'.   Among the twelve color photos of noseart which were in that issue, the 14th Air Force made it into the magazine with a picture of the 'The GOON'. The nose art shows the "Goon" holding a torpedo.
Received a DUC for an unescorted bombing attack, conducted through antiaircraft fire and fighter defenses, against docks and warehouses at Hankow on 21 Aug 1943. Received second DUC for interdiction of Japanese shipping during 1944-1945.
1945, February 18   -   Consolidated B-24J LIBERATOR   -   China
Luliang (14 Sep 1944)

Kwanghan

 Hsingching Kwanghan
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"Shooting Star"
B-24J-25-CO (42-73249)
China
Fate: Lost Mar 12, 1945.
MACR 11163		 - -
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"Lady Luck"
B-24L-1-CO (44-41430)
China
Fate: To Walnut Ridge Oct 28, 1945		 - -
1945, June 27   -   Consolidated B-24J LIBERATOR   -   Rupsi, India
The group moved to India in Jun 1945 where it ferried gasoline and supplies over the Hump until sailing for the US in Dec 1945.
Yontan, Okinawa
(21 Jul - 19 Dec 1945)		 Rupsi (27 Jun - 14 Oct 1945)
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1946, January   -   Arrived in the USA
Vancouver, WA - 4 - 7 Jan 1946 Camp Kilmer, NJ - 5 & 6 Jan 1946

For more information about the 308th BG, visit this external website http://www.usaaf-in-cbi.com/308th_web/index.htm

 


 

 

 

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23rd Fighter Group
 "Flying Tigers"

16th Fighter Squadron

 74th Fighter Squadron 75th Fighter Squadron 76th Fighter Squadron
I have included this very special group in the site about the

"American Volunteer-Group"

 

 

 

 

312th Fighter Wing
Activated in China on 1 March 1944

 

 

 

 

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33rd Fighter Group
Moved to India in Feb 1944. Assigned to Tenth AF. Trained with P-38 and P-47 aircraft.
Moved to China in Apr, became part of Fourteenth AF, continued training, and flew some patrol and interception missions.

58th Fighter Squadron

 59th Fighter Squadron

60th Fighter Squadron
1944, April   -   P-38, P-47   -   China
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1944, September   -   Returned to India as part of Tenth AF

 

 

 

 

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81st Fighter Group

Group came from the MTO, 12 AF.
14th AF from 1944-1945

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91st Fighter Squadron

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92nd Fighter Squadron

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93rd Fighter Squadron

1944   -   Republic P-47D-21-RE THUNDERBOLT   -   China
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 946  ''?''
 P-47D-21-RE (42-25327)
-Pilot ?-
China, 1945		 -

 

 

 

 

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311th Fighter Bomber Group
14th AF from 1944-1945

?th Fighter Squadron

 530th Fighter Squadron

?th Fighter Squadron
1943, late   -   North American A-36A APACHE   -   India
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1945   -   North American P-51C MUSTANG   -   China
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 1061  "ALLENE''
P-51C-10-NT (42-103901)
-Pilot ?-
Fate: Lost to AAA Dec 6, 1944. MACR 10374.		 -
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 1078  ''Princess''
P-51C-10-NT (42-108395)
-Pilot ?-
Fate: Condemned salvage Dec 31, 1945		 -
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426th Night Fighter Squadron

Received Black Widow September 1944.
Served in India, China to protect B-29 bases from attack.

1944   -   Northrop P-61 BLACK WIDOW used as Nightfighter / Night Intruder-Bomber
In the intruder role with bomb racks and from forward bases at Hsian, Ankang and Liangshan ground targets were attacked, which were truck convoys, bridges, trains and troop bivouac areas. The latter were easy to spot because of the small charcoal fires that they cooked by.
The intruder configuration seen here is based on Smith's memoirs a  http://www.nightfighter.info/index.html
These modifications were installed in the field or at forward depots.

"Black Jack"
P-61A-10 (42-39365)
personal mount of
1Lt. Glen E. Jackson
426th Night Fighter Squadron, China, late 1944
Seen with Napalm filled drop tanks (see red stickers) & 30lb frag bombs
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"Jing-Bow Joy-Ride"
P-61A-10 (42-5626)
Pilot: Capt. Carl J. Absmeier
R/O: Lt James R. Smith
426th NFS, Chengtu, China, Feb.1945
'Jing Bow' were the Chinese words for 'Air Raid'.
bsmeier and Smith were the leading scorer in the 426th,
shooting down two Ki-48 'Lily' bombers.

Inactivated November 1945

 

 

 

 

427th Night Fighter Squadron

The two AAF night fighter squadrons serving in the CBI were designated “426th” and “427th” Night Fighter Squadrons.

1944, late   -   Northrop P-61 BLACK WIDOW   -   Myitkyina, Burma

"Sweatin' Wally"
P-61A-10 (42-5623) Nightfighter / Night Intruder-Bomber
personal mount of
Pilot: Capt. Walter A. Storck
Myitkyina, Burma, late 1944 +
"Betty Jean"
P-61A-10 (42-5633) Nightfighter / Night Intruder-Bomber
Chengkung, China, early 1945
M10 rocket tubes & Napalm filled drop tanks
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The 427th was outfitted with rocket tubes for 4.5 inch projectiles by mid-February in 1945, thus completing the trio of new weapons
(bombs and napalm being the others) available for ground attack work.
Factor in the aircraft's 20mm cannon, and the end result was the most lethal fighter-bomber in-theater.

 

 

 

 

References
USAAF - Serial numbers collection by Joseph F. Baugher

 

 

 

 

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