100th Fighter Squadron

Tuskegee Airmen beside P-51C, Skipper’s Darlin’ III of the 100th
Fighter Squadron, sometime in August of 1944. Fourth from the
right is Capt. Andrew D the commander of the 100th FS. By the
end of the war he had risen to the rank of major to sadly be killed
in a P-47N crash in 1947. (NARA photo)

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Unit History:
100th Pursuit Squadron formed 27th Dec,
1941.
100th Pursuit squadron activated 19th Feb,
1941.
15th May, 1942, squadron was
redesignated the 100th Fighter Squadron.
100th Fighter Squadron inactivated 19th
Oct, 1945.
Squadron reactivated, 1st July, 1947.
Squadron finally inactivated 1st July, 1949.

Aircraft flown in combat:
P-39Q Airacobra
P-40L Warhawk
P-47D Thunderbolt
P-51B/C and D variants.

Theatres of Combat:
MTO and ETO (Mediterranean and
European Theatre of Operations
from the 19th Feb, 1944 to the 26th
April, 1945.

Served in the following campaigns:
Rome-Arno, Normandy, both Northern and Southern France, North Apennines, Rhineland, Central
Europe, Po Valley, Air Combat; EAME Theater.

Squadron Decorations:
Distinguished Unit Citation for: actions over Germany on the 24th March, 1945

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