No. 368 Group Station Chilbolton
No. 368 Group Station Chilbolton
368th Fighter Group[edit] On 1 March 1944 the 12th and 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadrons from the 67th Reconnaissance Wing, flying Spitfires and Mustangs, moved in from RAF Aldermaston to make way for a C-47 group, only to be ejected two weeks later when a new fighter group arrived.
The 368th had the following fighter squadrons and fuselage codes:
395 Fighter Squadron (A7)
396 Fighter Squadron (C2)
397 Fighter Squadron (D3)
The 368th was a group of Ninth Air Force's 71st Fighter Wing, IX Tactical Air Command. Chilbolton continued to be retained by the USAAF for use by transports as a staging base for cargo operations to and from the Continent and it was not returned to the RAF until March 1945 by which time most of the C-47 groups had been transferred to bases in France.