| 419th Night Fighter Squadron | |
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 419th NFS 42-5506 taxiing at Carney Airfield, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, shortly after the P-61's arrival in early 1944 | |
| Active | 1943–1947 |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Army Air Forces |
| Type | Squadron |
| Role | Night Fighter Operations |
| Part of | Thirteenth Air Force |
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| Emblem of the 419th Night Fighter Squadron |  |
The 419th Night Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Thirteenth Air Force, being inactivated at Floridablanca, Luzon on 20 February 1947.
The unit was formed in 1943. After training, it was deployed to Thirteenth Air Force and ordered to New Guinea to provide air defense interceptor protection against Japanese night air raids on USAAF airfields. It later served in the Philippines Campaign where in addition to night interceptor missions it also flew day and night interdiction missions against enemy troop movements, brides and other targets of opportunity. It was inactivated in 1947.