57th
Fighter Squadron

Courtesy - USAF Office of History

57th Fighter Squadron - July 1942

Pilot - H.D. "Pappy" Paulin

Maintenance Officer - Harry Krintzmann

Taken at Elmendorf Field



Lineage

20 Nov 1940 – Constituted 57th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor)
15 Jan 1941 – Activated
15 May1942 – Redesignated 57th Fighter Squadron
  1 May1944 – Disbanded

Note: Assignment of the unit once it left Alaska will not be covered.

Assignments

15 Jan 1941 - 1 May 1944 – 54th Pursuit (later Fighter) Group

Note: Assignment of the unit once it left Alaska will not be covered.

Stations

15 Jan 1941 – Hamilton Field, Ca
26 Jun 1941 – Everett, Wa
31 Jan 1942 – Harding Field, La
                      -    Detachments operrated from::
                                  San Diego, Ca - 28 May - 12 Jun 42
                                  Anchorage, Ak - 20 Jun - 30 Sep 42
                                  Kodiak, Ak - 30 Sep - 1 Dec 42

Note: Assignment of the unit once it left Alaska will not be covered.

Aircraft

1941 - 1943 - P-39
1943 - 1944 - P-51

Operations

May - Jun 1942 – Air Defense of the West Coast
20 Jun - 21 Dec 1942 – Air Defense of Alaska
Apr 1943 - Apr 1944 – Replacement Training

Service Steamers
American Theater

Campaigns
Air Combat, Asiatic-Pacific Theater

Decorations
Distinguished Unit Citation: [Alaska, Jun] - 4 Nov 1942

Emblem
No Official Emblem during the War
  



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