378 Fighter Squadron (ACC)

Lineage. Constituted as 378 Fighter Squadron on 11 Feb 1943. Activated on 1 Mar 1943. Inactivated on 1 Aug 1946. Activated on 8 Nov 2015.

Assignments. 362 Fighter Group, 1 Mar 1943-1 Aug 1946. 495 Fighter Group, 8 Nov 2015-.

Stations. Westover Field, MA, 1 Mar 1943; Bradley Field, CT, 16 Jun 1943; Groton Field, CT, 2 Aug 1943; Mitchel Field, NY, 7 Oct-12 Nov 1943; Wormingford, England, 30 Nov 1943; Headcorn, England, 15 Apr 1944; Lignerolles, France, c. 7 Jul 1944; Rennes, France, 13 Aug 1944; Prosnes, France, c. 25 Sep 1944; Rouvres, France, 21 Nov 1944; Frankfurt, Germany, 14 Apr 1945; Furth, Germany, 2 May 1945; Illesheim, Germany, 4 May 1945; Straubing, Germany, 15 May-Aug 1945; Seymour-Johnson Field, NC, c. 5 Sep 1945; Biggs Field, TX, 6 Dec 1945-1 Aug 1946. Truax Field, WI, 8 Nov 2015-.

Aircraft. P-47, 1943-1945; P-51, 1945-1946; F-16, 2015-.

Operations. Combat in European Theater of Operations, 8 Feb 1944-1 May 1945.

Service Streamers. World War II American Theater.

Campaign Streamers. World War II: Air Offensive, Europe; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Air Combat, EAME Theater.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: Brest, France, 25 Aug 1944; Moselle-Rhine River Triangle, 16 Mar 1945.

Lineage, Assignments, Stations, Aircraft and Honors through 10 Dec 2015.

Operations through 1 Aug 1946.

Supersedes statement published in Maurer Maurer's Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (Washington, DC: USGPO, 1969), 467-468.

Emblem. None. Squadron may design and request approval of an emblem in accordance with AFI 84-105, chapter 3.

Prepared by Daniel L. Haulman.