It was last assigned to the 50th Tactical Fighter Wing and stationed at Hahn Air Base, Germany.

Established under the Northeast Air District as a pursuit squadron, initially equipped with second-line aircraft.

Re-equipped with Republic P-47 Thunderbolts, the squadron supported Allied ground forces in France after D-Day, attacking enemy strong points, troop concentrations, armor formations, bridges and other targets.

Supported the Fifth Army movement from Southern France though the Lyon Valley, then into Occupied Germany as part of the Western Allied invasion in the spring of 1945.

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