545th Fighter Squadron

The 545th Fighter Squadron is a disbanded United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was to the 478th Fighter Group at Portland Army Air Base, Oregon, where it was disbanded on 31 March 1944. During World War II the squadron served as a Bell P-39 Airacobra replacement training unit.
History
The squadron was first activated in late 1943 as the 545th Fighter Squadron (Twin Engine) at Hamilton Field, California. It was one of the four original squadrons of the 478th Fighter Group, which drew its original cadre from the 328th Fighter Group.
The squadron moved twice in the first two months of its existence, to Santa Rosa Army Air Field in December 1943, and to Redmond Army Air Field in February 1944 as its parent group dispersed its component squadrons to separate bases in California, Oregon, and Washington.
The group and squadron experienced delays and were not fully manned or equipped until March 1944, when they began operations...