 Organized and trained in the Northeast United States by First Air Force.During training was part of the air defense of the northeast, being attached to the New York and Boston Fighter Wings.Deployed to England aboard the RMS Queen Elizabeth and served in combat as part of VIII Fighter Command from October 1943 to May 1945, participating in operations that prepared for the invasion of the Continent, and supporting the landings in Normandy and the subsequent Allied drive across France and Germany.