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Part of
-June-July 1942-: 5th Fighter Command
Aircraft
-June/July 1942: Bell P-39 Airacobra
November 1942-March 1943-:Lockheed P-38 Lightning
-March-September 1943-: Lockheed P-38H Lightning
Spring 1944: Converts to P-47D Thunderbolt
Commanding Officer
: Major George Prentice
-September 1943: Thomas J. Lynch
September 1943-: Charles King
Location
-June/July 1942: Port Moresby
July-? 1942: Out of front line to refit
November 1942-January 1943-: Port Moresby
-September 1943-: Tsili Tsili
Major Raids
17 August 1943: First major attack on Wewak. Escort duty for B-25s
2 November 1944: "Bloody Tuesday" raid over Rabaul
Notes
Contained the first Lighting Ace of the Pacific War, Lt. Hoyt Eason, who claimed his third, fourth and fifth victories on 31 December 1942