369th Fighter Group

World War II The 369th Fighter Group was activated at Hamilton Field, California on 1 August 1943. The 398th, 399th and 400th Fighter Squadrons, flying Bell P-39 Airacobras were assigned to the group. The group moved to Marysville Army Air Field, California in November and began operations as a fighter Replacement Training Unit (RTU). RTUs were oversized units that trained individual pilots or aircrews. Like most RTUs, the group began a split operation, with group headquarters and the 398th Squadron at Marysville, while the 399th Squadron was at Redding Army Air Field, and the 400th moved to Oroville Army Air Field. In January the group and 398th Squadron joined the 400th at Oroville, but the 399th remained at Redding. ==Lineage==

• Constituted as 369th Fighter Group on 26 May 1943 : Activated on 1 August 1943 : Redesignated 369th Fighter-Bomber Group on 5 April 1944 : Redesignated 369th Fighter Group on 5 June 1944 : Inactivated on 10 August 1945 • III Fighter Command, c. 28 March 1944 – 10 August 1945 Stations • Hamilton Field, California, 1 August 1943 • Marysville Army Air Field, California, c. 5 November 1943 • Oroville Army Air Field, California, 28 January 1944 • Hamilton Field, California, 16 March 1944 • DeRidder Army Air Base, Louisiana, 28 March 1944 • Stuttgart Army Air Field, Arkansas, 8 February – 10 August 1945 Components • 398th Fighter Squadron: 1 August 1943 – 10 August 1945 • 399th Fighter Squadron: 1 August 1943 – 7 July 1945 • 400th Fighter Squadron: 1 August 1943 – 7 July 1945 Aircraft • Bell P-39 Airacobra, 1943–1944 • North American A-36 Apache, 1944 • Curtiss P-40 Warhawk 1944–1945 • North American P-51 Mustang, 1945 Campaigns ==References==