68th Composite Wing

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68th Composite Wing
Active1943–1945
Country United States
Branch United States Army Air Forces
RoleFighter
Part of Fourteenth Air Force
Garrison/HQ China Burma India Theater of World War II
Engagements World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg   Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal ribbon.svg
  • World War II
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign (1944–1945)
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Clinton D. Vincent

The 68th Composite Wing was a United States Army Air Forces organization. It was a command and control organization of Fourteenth Air Force that fought in the China Burma India Theater of World War II.

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The wing was formed as an expansion of the Fourteenth Air Force Forward Echelon in 1943, becoming the command and control organization for the 23d Fighter Group and 308th Bomb Group. It served in combat from December 1943 until August 1945. The mixed unit was composed of fighters, fighter bombers and heavy bombers, flown by both American and Chinese airmen.

History

Lineage

Activated on 3 September 1943.
Redesignated 68th Composite Wing in December 1943.
Inactivated on 10 October 1945.

Assignments

Stations

Components

References

PD-icon.svg This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency