Los Angeles Air Defense Region

The Los Angeles Air Defense Region is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Fourth Air Force, stationed in San Francisco, California It was inactivated on 31 August 1945

History

Provided air defense for the Los Angeles area. Also trained fighter groups and personnel.

Lineage

• Constituted as Los Angeles Air Defense Wing on 6 August 1942

Activated on 11 August 1942

Re-designated Los Angeles Fighter Wing in July 1943

Re-designated Los Angeles Air Defense Region 1 Jul 1944

Disbanded on 31 August 1945

Assignments

• IV Fighter Command, 11 August 1942
• Fourth Air Force, 7 June 1944- 31 August 1945

Components

• 20th Fighter Group: 1 January – 11 August 1943
• 329th Fighter Group: 29 November 1943 – 31 March 1944
• 360th Fighter Group: 15 January 1943 – 31 March 1944
• 364th Fighter Group: 11 October 1943 – 11 January 1944
• 412th Fighter Group: 30 November 1943 – 11 October 1944
• 473d Fighter Group: 1 November 1943 – 31 March 1944
• 474th Fighter Group: 11 October 1943 – 6 February 1944
• 479th Fighter Group: 15 August 1943 – 12 April 1944

Stations

• Los Angeles Airport, California, 20 August 1942
• San Francisco, California, 7 June 1944- 31 August 1945

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.

External links

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