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The squadron was activated at Gowen Field, Idaho on 15 April 1942 as the 374th Bombardment Squadron, one of the four original squadrons of the 308th Bombardment Group. [2] [3] As the squadron was forming and beginning its training in Consolidated B-24 Liberators, at Alamogordo Army Air Field, New Mexico in August 1942, almost all its personnel were transferred to the 330th Bombardment Group.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Squadron emblems of the United States Air Force. This is a list of United States Air Force Bomb Squadrons. It covers all squadrons that were constituted or redesignated as bombardment squadron sometime during their active service. Today Bomb Squadrons are considered to be part of the Combat Air Force (CAF) along with fighter squadrons. Units in this list ...
98th Bombardment Group; Deployed to Middle East July 1942, First B-24Ds to be deployed overseas (Halverson Detachment) Stationed in BritishPalestine, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia Participated in 1 August 1943 Attack on Ploesti Oilfields, Romania 343d Bombardment Squadron 344th Bombardment Squadron 345th Bombardment Squadron 415th Bombardment Squadron
The group was first activated at Gowen Field, Idaho as the 308th Bombardment Group. It served as a Consolidated B-24 Liberator unit in the China-Burma-India Theater , where it conducted long range bombing missions against Japanese forces, earning a Distinguished Unit Citation .
370th Bombardment Squadron 371st Bombardment Squadron 372d Bombardment Squadron 424th Bombardment Squadron (1958–1961)* Inactivated 25 March 1965. 308th Bombardment Wing, Hunter AFB, Georgia; Second Air Force, 25 Sep 1952 – 25 Jun 1961, B-47B/E 373d Bombardment Squadron 374th Bombardment Squadron 375th Bombardment Squadron
Re-designated as the 9th Bombardment Squadron 24 March 1923; Organized by June 1929 in the Regular Army Reserve at Kelly Field, Texas. Activated on 1 April 1931, less Reserve personnel. Re-designated as the 9th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 6 December 1939. [31] Currently: 9th Bomb Squadron, Dyess AFB, Texas [32] 10th Aero Squadron: 31 May 1917
The squadron was activated at Gowen Field, Idaho on 15 April 1942 as the 373d Bombardment Squadron, one of the four original squadrons of the 308th Bombardment Group. [3] [4] As the squadron was forming and beginning its training in Consolidated B-24 Liberators, at Alamogordo Army Air Field, New Mexico in August 1942, almost all its personnel were transferred to the 330th Bombardment Group.
3d Bombardment Group (20 May 1943 – 3 February 1944) 22d Bombardment Group (9 October 1943 – 13 January 1944) 43d Bombardment Group (10 December 1943 – 4 March 1944) 90th Bombardment Group (December 1943 – 23 February 1944) 345th Bombardment Group (18 January – 16 February 1944) 417th Bombardment Group (7 February – 8 April 1944)