J u m p t o c o n t e n t
M a i n m e n u
M a i n m e n u
N a v i g a t i o n
● M a i n p a g e ● C o n t e n t s ● C u r r e n t e v e n t s ● R a n d o m a r t i c l e ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● C o n t a c t u s ● D o n a t e
C o n t r i b u t e
● H e l p ● L e a r n t o e d i t ● C o m m u n i t y p o r t a l ● R e c e n t c h a n g e s ● U p l o a d f i l e
S e a r c h
Search
A p p e a r a n c e
● C r e a t e a c c o u n t ● L o g i n
P e r s o n a l t o o l s
● C r e a t e a c c o u n t ● L o g i n
P a g e s f o r l o g g e d o u t e d i t o r s l e a r n m o r e ● C o n t r i b u t i o n s ● T a l k
( T o p )
1 H i s t o r y
T o g g l e H i s t o r y s u b s e c t i o n
1 . 1 L i n e a g e
1 . 2 A s s i g n m e n t s
1 . 3 S t a t i o n s
1 . 4 C o m p o n e n t s
2 R e f e r e n c e s
3 E x t e r n a l l i n k s
T o g g l e t h e t a b l e o f c o n t e n t s
6 8 t h C o m p o s i t e W i n g
A d d l a n g u a g e s
A d d l i n k s
● A r t i c l e ● T a l k
E n g l i s h
● R e a d ● E d i t ● V i e w h i s t o r y
T o o l s
T o o l s
A c t i o n s
● R e a d ● E d i t ● V i e w h i s t o r y
G e n e r a l
● W h a t l i n k s h e r e ● R e l a t e d c h a n g e s ● U p l o a d f i l e ● S p e c i a l p a g e s ● P e r m a n e n t l i n k ● P a g e i n f o r m a t i o n ● C i t e t h i s p a g e ● G e t s h o r t e n e d U R L ● D o w n l o a d Q R c o d e ● W i k i d a t a i t e m
P r i n t / e x p o r t
● D o w n l o a d a s P D F ● P r i n t a b l e v e r s i o n
A p p e a r a n c e
F r o m W i k i p e d i a , t h e f r e e e n c y c l o p e d i a
Military unit
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 .
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
[ edit ]
Lineage
[ edit ]
Constituted as 68th Fighter Wing on 9 August 1943.
Activated on 3 September 1943.
Redesignated 68th Composite Wing in December 1943.
Inactivated on 10 October 1945.
Assignments
[ edit ]
Stations
[ edit ]
Kunming Airport , China , 3 September 1943
Kweilin Airfield , China , c. 23 December 1943
Liuzhou Airfield , China , c. 15 September 1944
Luliang Airfield , China , c. 7 November 1944
Peishiyi Airfield , China , c. 19 September-10 October 1945
Components
[ edit ]
References
[ edit ]
public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4 .
External links
[ edit ]
t
e
Previously: 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers" (Dec 1941-July 1942) China Air Task Force (July 1942-Mar 1943)
Airfields
Units
Wings
Groups
Bombardment
Fighter
Transport
Squadrons
Combat Cargo
Night Fighter
Reconnaissance
Transport
United States Army Air Forces
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=68th_Composite_Wing&oldid=1198406128 " C a t e g o r y : ● C o m p o s i t e w i n g s o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s A r m y A i r F o r c e s H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● A r t i c l e s l a c k i n g i n - t e x t c i t a t i o n s f r o m J a n u a r y 2 0 1 3 ● A l l a r t i c l e s l a c k i n g i n - t e x t c i t a t i o n s ● U s e A m e r i c a n E n g l i s h f r o m J a n u a r y 2 0 2 4 ● A l l W i k i p e d i a a r t i c l e s w r i t t e n i n A m e r i c a n E n g l i s h ● U s e d m y d a t e s f r o m J a n u a r y 2 0 2 4 ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n m a t c h e s W i k i d a t a ● W i k i p e d i a a r t i c l e s i n c o r p o r a t i n g t e x t f r o m t h e A i r F o r c e H i s t o r i c a l R e s e a r c h A g e n c y
● T h i s p a g e w a s l a s t e d i t e d o n 2 4 J a n u a r y 2 0 2 4 , a t 0 1 : 3 9 ( U T C ) . ● T e x t i s a v a i l a b l e u n d e r t h e C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - S h a r e A l i k e L i c e n s e 4 . 0 ;
a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
