84th Fighter Wing (World War II)
Encyclopedia
The 84th Fighter Wing is an inactive United States Air Force
unit. Its last assignment was with the IX Tactical Air Command
, based at Brunswick
, Germany. It was inactivated on 12 August 1945.
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
unit. Its last assignment was with the IX Tactical Air Command
IX Tactical Air Command
The IX Tactical Air Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Ninth Air Force, based at Camp Shanks, New York...
, based at Brunswick
Braunschweig
Braunschweig , is a city of 247,400 people, located in the federal-state of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located north of the Harz mountains at the farthest navigable point of the Oker river, which connects to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser....
, Germany. It was inactivated on 12 August 1945.
Lineage
- Constituted as 84th Fighter Wing on 4 November 1943
- Activated on 10 November 1943
- Disbanded on 12 August 1945.
Assignments
- Third Air ForceThird Air ForceThe Third Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Forces in Europe . It is headquartered at Ramstein Air Base, Germany....
, 10 November 1943 – 29 January 1944 - IX Fighter CommandIX Fighter CommandThe IX Fighter Command is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Ninth Air Force, based at Erlangen, Germany. It was inactivated on 16 November 1945....
, 29 January – 30 April 1944 - IX Tactical Air CommandIX Tactical Air CommandThe IX Tactical Air Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Ninth Air Force, based at Camp Shanks, New York...
, 30 April 1944 – 12 August 1945
Stations
- Bluethenthal FieldWilmington International Airport-Other operations:As of August 2011, Wilmington International Airport has 134 aircraft that are based at the Airport. There are 100 single engine aircraft, 27 multi-engine aircraft, 7 jet engine aircraft, and 3 helicopters...
, North CarolinaNorth CarolinaNorth Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
, 10 November 1943 – 1 January 1944 - RAF KeevilRAF KeevilRAF Keevil is a former World War II airfield in England. The field is located 4 miles east of Trowbridge, Wiltshire.The airfield was built on a site previously ear-marked for the purpose in the mid 1930s...
(AAF-471), England, 29 January 1944 - RAF BeaulieuRAF BeaulieuRAF Station Beaulieu was a World War II airfield in the New Forest, Hampshire, England. It was also known as Beaulieu airfield, Beaulieu aerodrome and USAAF Station AAF 408...
(AAF-408), England, 4 March 1944 - HouesvilleHouesvilleHouesville is a commune in the Manche department in north-western France.-Heraldry:...
, France, 19 June 1944 - Cricqueville AirfieldCricqueville AirfieldCricqueville Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Cricqueville-en-Bessin in the Basse-Normandie region of northern France....
(A-2), France, 2 August 1944 - Aillières-BeauvoirAillières-BeauvoirAillières-Beauvoir is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays-de-la-Loire in north-western France.-References:*...
, France, 30 August 1944 - Saint-QuentinSaint-Quentin, AisneSaint-Quentin is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France. It has been identified as the Augusta Veromanduorum of antiquity. It is named after Saint Quentin, who is said to have been martyred here in the 3rd century....
, France, 12 September 1944
- VermandVermandVermand is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France.-Population:...
, France, 17 September 1944 - Arlon, Belgium, 1 October 1944
- Maastricht AirfieldMaastricht Aachen AirportMaastricht Aachen Airport is a regional airport located northeast of the city of Maastricht, in the town of Beek, both municipalities in the Limburg province in the Netherlands. The airport is also northwest of the city of Aachen, Germany....
(Y-44), NetherlandsNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, 22 October 1944 - Munchen-Gladbach Airfield (Y-56), Germany, 8 March 1945
- HalternHalternHaltern is a town and a municipality in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the Lippe and the Wesel–Datteln Canal, approx...
, Germany, 3 April 1945 - Gutersloh Airfield (Y-99), Germany, 14 April 1945
- Brunswick/Broitzem Airfield (R-38), Germany, 22 April – 12 August 1945