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The 40th Pursuit Squadron was activated at Selfridge Field, MI on 22 December 1939 as part of the 31st Pursuit Group with the 39th and 41st Squadrons. In the Fall of 1941 the squadron was flying P-39s and the Red Devil was emblazoned on the doors of the aircraft. On 7 December 1941 the squadron was based at Baer Field, Fort Wayne, IN and, three days later, they were headed to Port Angeles, WA. The 31st Group was recalled to Selfridge and took half of the 40th to become the 308th Squadron. The remaining 40th cadre shipped from San Francisco for Australia and landed there on 25 February 1942. The Squadron, now designated the 40th Fighter Squadron of the 35th Fighter Group under 5th Air Force, was ordered on 2 June 1942 to Papua and began flying missions over New Guinea. Late in July the squadron rotated back to Australia to recoup and re-arm. In November they returned to Port Moresby, Papua and later received the Presidential Unit Citation for their role in aerial support of the Papuan Campaign. They received their second unit citation for their work on 6 February 1943 while covering C-47s supplying troops at Wau. A flight of eight 40th P-39s ran into a large group of Japanese aircraft and shot down 12 with no losses to themselves. From April to June 1943 the 40th handled routine patrol, air support for bombers, and escort for transports. They then moved to Tsili Tsili, a secret, landlocked airstrip 200 miles north of Port Moresby, with flying made hazardous by cloud buildup over the mountains. They escorted their first C-47s there on 14 August. When the first Japanese raid came in the next day, Lts. Dick Schmalz and Bob Yaeger downed one and two Japanese planes, respectively. When the 40th moved to Nadzab in October 1943, they were able to cover Allied landings at Finschafen. On 27 October 40th planes intercepted Japanese bombers over Finschafen and downed two. Other Japanese planes fell in other raids over the area. The 40th began its transition to P-47 Thunderbolts in December 1943, a big change from the P-39s. They moved in February 1944 to a base near the Ramu River which put them in striking range of the Japanese around Wewak. In April and May the 40th flew support for the Hollandia battle, then moved back to the Nadzab for recuperation. They flew their longest dive bombing mission in September, carrying 500 lb. bombs from Noemfoor Island to the Halmahera Islands. Then in October they flew two missions from Morotai to Balikpapan - a round trip of 1600 miles and the longest ever for the 5th Fighter Command at that time - to support heavy bombers raiding the oil refineries. For these two missions they won their third Presidential Unit Citation. The 40th was active in the Philippines in late 1944, where they conducted many escort missions over open water. On 21 November the squadron came upon a Japanese bomber flight and shot down six enemy planes. On 14 December they shot down another 14 enemy bombers over Negros. The squadron headed for the Lingayen Gulf and landed on Luzon 18 January 1945. Despite shooting down several enemy planes over Formosa, the 40th had a bad month. Five pilots were shot down by ground fire on bombing and strafing missions. On 21 March the 40th flew its last P-47 mission from Mangaldan strip. They received new P-51Ds and moved to Clark Field where flying mainly consisted of close support for U.S. Army troops on Luzon. In July 1945 the 40th flew into Yontan airstrip on Okinawa, setting up camp on the beach near Machinato. They took 16 aircraft in their first sweep over Kyushu, Japan the next day while flying high cover for the 35th Group, with no enemy contact. However, on 5 July the 40th shot down four Japanese George-type fighters south of Sasebo - ending the air-to-air combat in World War II. In all, the 40th destroyed 113 Japanese planes; 51 shot down by P-39s, 55 by P-47s, and seven by P-51s. Five aces led the way: Captain Bill Strand with seven, Lt. Ellis Baker with six, and Major Bill McDonough and Captains Al Hunter and Robert Yaeger, Jr. with five each. In October 1945, the 40th flew their P-51s from Machinato AB to Irumagawa, a small base on Honshu near Tokyo. This became Johnson AB during the post-war years. At Yokota AB in April 1950 the 40th Fighter Squadron converted to jets, the P-80 Shooting Star. When the Korean War broke out on 27 June 1950, the 40th moved to Ashiya AB. Part of the squadron was sent to Itazuke AB to set up a P-51 unit (called Bout One) to train ROK fliers. They flew their first training mission on 28 June, and the next day the first combat mission was flown from Taegu (K-2), Korea, in ROK P-51s. Due to lack of loiter time in the P-80s for close air support, the 40th FS was reassigned P-51s and relocated to Pohang on 16 July 1950. This base was evacuated in August, and the squadron operated out of Tsuiki AB, Japan until Pohang became available again. There the 40th flew close air support missions alongside the 39th FS in some of the most daring and devastating bombing and strafing actions on record. When the 40th FS moved up to Yonpo in November 1950, they had to retreat two weeks later when the Chinese Communist forces broke through the defenses. The 40th continued to support United Nations ground forces in Korea until it was transferred without personnel and equipment to Misawa AB, Japan in May 1951. Soon thereafter, new people and P-51s were in operation out of Johnson AB and the designation was changed to Fighter Interceptor Squadron. Later in 1954, the 40th converted to F-86D interceptors and moved to Yokota AB. The last interceptor aircraft was the F-102, which the 40th flew until 1965 when the squadron was deactivated and returned to the United States.
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