The 47th Pursuit Squadron participated in numerous campaigns from 1940 to 1945, flying P-10, Boeing P-26 Peashooter, Curtiss P-36 Hawk, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, and North American P-51 Mustang aircraft. The squadron was credited with shooting down eight Japanese aircraft on 7 December 1941, before being inactivated on 15 October 1946, at Wheeler Field.
