29th Bombardment Squadron (1941-1946)
29th Bombardment Squadron may refer to: * The 43d Flying Training Squadron The 43d Flying Training Squadron is part of the 340th Flying Training Group and is the reserve associate to the 14th Flying Training Wing based at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. It operates Raytheon T-1 Jayhawk, Beechcraft T-6 Texan II ..., designated the 29th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 22 December 1939 and active from February 1940 to March 1940 when it was redesignated the 43d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy). * The 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron, designated the 29th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 22 November 1940 and active from April 1941 to May 1943 with that designation and from May 1943 to November 1946 as the 29th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) {{mil-unit-dis ...
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43d Flying Training Squadron
The 43d Flying Training Squadron is part of the 340th Flying Training Group and is the reserve associate to the 14th Flying Training Wing based at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. It operates Raytheon T-1 Jayhawk, Beechcraft T-6 Texan II and Northrop T-38 Talon aircraft conducting flight training. History Antisubmarine warfare and heavy bomber training The squadron was first activated at Langley Field, Virginia, as the 43d Bombardment Squadron in January 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. In May, it moved to MacDill Field, Florida, where it was equipped with a mix of pre-production YB-17s and early model Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses and Douglas B-18 Bolos. The squadron was still at MacDill when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, and it began to fly antisubmarine patrol missions in the Gulf of Mexico from Janu ...
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