Lineage. Constituted as 316 Fighter Squadron on 24 Jun 1942. Activated on 6 Jul 1942. Inactivated on 7 Nov 1945. Activated on 2 Oct 2015.
Assignments. 324 Fighter Group, 6 Jul 1942-7 Nov 1945 (attached to 79 Fighter Group, 15 Mar-21 May 1943). 495 Fighter Group (Active Associate), 2 Oct 2015-.
Stations. Mitchel Field, NY, 6 Jul 1942; Norfolk, VA, 6 Jul-28 Oct 1942; El Amiriya, Egypt, 23 Dec 1942; El Kabrit, Egypt, 3 Feb 1943; Libya, 15 Mar 1943; Tunisia, c. Apr 1943; Kairouan, Tunisia, 2 Jun 1943; El Haouaria, Tunisia, c 18 Jun 1943; Manzel Heurr, Tunisia, 3 Oct 1943; Cercola, Italy, 27 Oct 1943; Pignataro Maggiore, Italy, 10 May 1944; Le Banca Airfield, Italy, 7 Jun 1944; Montalto Di Castro, Italy, 15 Jun 1944; Corsica, 19 Jul 1944; Le Luc, France, 29 Aug 1944; Istres, France, 3 Sep 1944; Amberieu, France, 6 Sep 1944; Travaux, France, 20 Sep 1944; Luneville, France, 2 Jan 1945; Stuttgart, Germany, 3 May-20 Oct 1945; Camp Shanks, NY, 6-7 Nov 1945. McEntire Joint National Guard Station, SC, 2 Oct 2015-.
Aircraft. P-40, 1942-1944; P-47, 1944-1945.
Operations. Combat in the Mediterranean and European Theaters of Operation, 1 Apr 1943-30 Apr 1945, serving with the Twelfth Air Force.
Service Streamers. None.
Campaign Streamers. World War II: Tunisia; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Anzio; Rome-Arno; Northern France; Southern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Air Combat, EAME Theater.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.
Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: North Africa and Sicily, Apr-Jul 1943; Cassino, 12-14 May 1944. French Croix de Guerre with Palm.
Lineage, Assignments, Stations, and Honors through 13 Jan 2016.
Aircraft, and Operations through 7 Nov 1945.
Supersedes published information contained in Maurer Maurer, Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (Washington, DC: USGPO, 1960), 385.
Emblem approved on 23 June 2023.
Prepared by Daniel Haulman.