The 41st Fighter Squadron
"The Flying Buzzsaws"

Constituted 41st Pursuit Squadron on 22 December 1939, actived 1 Feb 1940.
Redesignated: 41st Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942
41st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 20 Jan 1950
Discontinued on 8 March 1960.

Aircraft Seversky P-35 - 1940-41 P-39 Airacobra - 1941-42 P-400 Airacobra - 1942-1944 P-38 Lightning - 1943

P-47 Thunderbolt - 1944 - 1945 P-51 Mustang - 1945 - 1950 F-80 Shooting Star - 1950 - 1953 F-86 Sabre - 1953 - 1960

United States
Bolling Field, DC - 1 Feb 1940
Selfridge Field, Michigan - 21 Oct 1940
Baer Field, IN - 6 Dev 1941
Paine Field, WA - 15 Dec 1941 to 21 Jan 1942
Australia
Brisbane - 25 Feb 1942
Ballarat - 8 March 1942
Mount Gambier - 17 March 1942
Bankstown - 7 Apr 1942
New Guinea
Port Moresby - 20 July 1942
Tsili-Tsili - 16 Aug 1943
Nadzab - 22 Oct 1943
Gusap - 9 June 1944
Nadzab - 9 June 1944
Noemfoor - 16 Aug 1944
Owi - 17 Sep 1944
Morotai - 17 Oct 1944
Philippines
Mangaldan - 21 Jan 1945
Lingayen - 16 Apr 1945
Clark Field - 20 Apr 1945
Japan
Okinawa - 30 June 1945
Irumagawa (Johnson AB) - 10 Oct 1945
(detachements at Misawa and Niigata)
Yokota - 25 Mar 1950 - 13 Aug 1954
Marianas
Anderson AFB, 5 Aug 1956-8