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The 52d Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was to the 68th Bombardment Wing , stationed at Chennault Air Force Base , Louisiana . It was inactivated on 15 April 1963.
51st Bombardment Squadron (Light) 52nd Bombardment Squadron; 59th Bombardment Squadron; 60th Bombardment Squadron; 61st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron;
The squadron was first activated at Langley Field, Virginia, as the 52nd Bombardment Squadron in February 1940, one of the original squadrons of the 29th Bombardment Group. Its organization was part of the pre- World War II buildup of the United States Army Air Corps after the breakout of war in Europe.
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 ...
The unit was constituted as the 52d Pursuit Group (Interceptor) on 20 November 1940, activated at Selfridge Field, Michigan on 15 January 1941 with the 2d, [2] 4th, [3] and 5th Pursuit Squadrons [4] assigned as its original squadrons. It was redesignated as the 52d Fighter Group in May 1942. [5]
Night Bombardment squadron, did not reach front lines by the time of the armistice. Demobilized: March 1919 Was the first night bombardment squadron in the AEF. Flew Dayton-Wright DH-4s from 1st Air Depot after the armistice looking for crashed aircraft for recovery. [35] [50] 156th Aero Squadron 10 December 1917
Assigned to the 52d Bombardment Squadron, 29th Bombardment Group, Twentieth Air Force, in Dalhart, Texas, Erwin and his unit left for the Asia-Pacific theater in early 1945. [1] [2] From February 25 to April 1 of that year, they participated in a series of unescorted bombing strikes against cities in the heart of Japan.
The 22nd Bombardment Group was detached from 14 November 1949 to 20 February 1950, during which time the wing controlled only the attached fighters of the 1st Fighter Wing. The bomb group was detached again for combat in Korea, 4 July – c. 31 October 1950, and during this period the wing controlled no aircraft.