IXth Fighter Command

IXth Fighter Command

Order of Battle

 Group
Markings		 Arrived,
Station No.,
Place		 Remarks
Type Code
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9th US Air Force   6 Oct 1943,
Bushey Hall, Watford, Hertfordshire		  
9th Fighter Command   16 Oct 1943,
476 Aldermaston Court, Berkshire		 Changed to 9th ASC
9th Air Support Command   4 Dec 1943,
449 Middle Wallop, Hampshire		 Changed to 9th TAC
9th Tactical Air Command   15 Feb 1944,
409 Uxbridge, Middlesex		 Moved to France
10 Jun 1944
 

Fighter Command's role was to provide air support for bombing missions and support the ground army's advance through Europe.
70th Fighter Wing   29 Nov 1943,
486 Greenham Common, Berkshire
6 Dec 1943,
150 Boxted, Essex		 Moved to France
9 Jun 1944
48th Patch 48th Fighter Group 29 Mar 1944,
347 Ibsley, Hampshire		 Moved to France
18 Jun 1944
492nd Patch 492nd
Fighter Squad		 P-47 F4 492nd Markings
493rd Patch 493rd Fighter Squad P-47 I7 493rd Markings
494th Patch 494th Fighter Squad P-47 6M 494th Markings
  367th Fighter Group 5 Apr 1944,
452 Stoney Cross, Hampshire
6 Jul 1944,
347 Ibsley, Hampshire		 Moved to France
22 Jul 1944
  392nd Fighter Squad P-38 H5 392nd Markings
  393rd Fighter Squad P-38 8L 393rd Markings
  394th Fighter Squad P-38 4N 394th Markings
  371st Fighter Group 7 Mar 1944,
415 Bisterne Close, Hampshire		 Moved to France
17 Jun 1944
  404th Fighter Squad P-47 9Q 404th Markings
  405th Fighter Squad P-47 8N 405th Markings
  406th Fighter Squad P-47 4W 406th Markings
  474th Fighter Group 12 Mar 1944,
454 Warmwell, Dorset		 Moved to France
6 Aug 1944
  428th Fighter Squad P-38 F5 428th Markings
  429th Fighter Squad P-38 7Y 429th Markings
  430th Fighter Squad P-38 K6 430th Markings
71st Fighter Wing 14 Jan 1944,
486 Greenham Common,
Berkshire
1 Mar 1944,
406 Andover, Hampshire		 Moved to France
10 Jul 1944
  366th Fighter Group 10 Jan 1944,
466 Membury, Dorset
1 Mar 1944,
407 Thruxton, Hampshire		 Moved to France
17 Jun 1944
  389th Fighter Squad P-47 A6 389th Markings
  390th Fighter Squad P-47 B2 390th Markings
  391st Fighter Squad P-47 A8 391st Markings
  368th Fighter Group 13 Jan 1944,
486 Greenham Common, Berkshire
15 Mar 1944,
404 Chilbolton, Hampshire		 Moved to France
20 Jun 1944
  395th Fighter Squad P-47 A7 395th Markings
  396th Fighter Squad P-47 C2 396th Markings
  397th Fighter Squad P-47 D3 397th Markings
  370th Fighter Group 12 Feb 1944,
467 Aldermaston, Berskshire
29 Feb 1944,
406 Andover, Hampshire		 Moved to France
31 Jul 1944
Changed to P-51
Feb 1945
  401st Fighter Squad P-38 9D 401st Markings
  402nd Fighter Squad P-38 E6 402nd Markings
  485th Fighter Squad P-38 7F 485th Markings
84th Fighter Wing 29 Jan 1944,
471 Keevil, Wiltshire
4 Mar 1944,
408 Beaulieu, Hampshire		 Moved to France
19 Jun 1944
  50th Fighter Group 5 Apr 1944,
551 Lymington, Hampshire		 Moved to France
25 Jun 1944
  10th Fighter Squad P-47 T5 10th Markings
  81st Fighter Squad P-47 2N 81st Markings
  313th Fighter Squad P-47 W3 313th Markings
  365th Fighter Group 22 Dec 1943,
154 Gosfield, Essex
5 Mar 1944,
408 Beaulieu, Hampshire		 Moved to France
28 Jun 1944
  386th Fighter Squad P-47 D5 386th Markings
  387th Fighter Squad P-47 B4 387th Markings
  388th Fighter Squad P-47 C4 388th Markings
  404th Fighter Group 5 Apr 1944,
414 Winkton, Dorset		 Moved to France
6 Jul 1944
  506th Fighter Squad P-47 4K 506th Markings
  507th Fighter Squad P-47 Y8 507th Markings
  508th Fighter Squad P-47 7J 508th Markings
  405th Fighter Group 7 Mar 1944,
461 Christchurch, Hampshire		 Moved to France
30 Jun 1944
  509th Fighter Squad P-47 G9 509th Markings
  510th Fighter Squad P-47 K4 510th Markings
  511th Fighter Squad P-47 2Z 511th Markings
  67th Recon Group 1 Oct 1942,
466 Membury, Dorset
16 Dec 1943,
449 Middle Wallop, Hampshire		 Moved to France
5 Jul 1944
12th Markings 12th Recon Squad L-4 ZM 16 Dec 1943,
486 Greenham Common, Berkshire
14 Mar 1944,
449 Middle Wallop, Hampshire		  
15th Markings 15th Recon Squad F-6 5M 22 Dec 1943,
467 Aldermaston, Berkshire
16 Mar 1944,
449 Middle Wallop, Hampshire		  
  30th Recon Squad F-5 I6 17 May 1944,
449 Middle Wallop, Hampshire		  
  33rd Recon Squad F-5 SW 27 Apr 1944,
465 Chalgrove, Oxfordshire		  
107th Patch 107th Recon Squad F-6 AX 8 Jan 1943,
466 Membury, Dorset
11 Dec 1943,
449 Middle Wallop, Hampshire		  
109th Patch 109th Recon Squad F-6 VX 15 May 1943,
466 Membury, Dorset
12 Dec 1943,
449 Middle Wallop, Hampshire		  
  153rd Liaison Squad A-20 ZS 3 Oct 1943,
466 Membury, Dorset
28 Nov 1943,
471 Keevil, Wiltshire		  
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