36th Reconnaissance Squadron (Heavy)
36th Reconnaissance Squadron may refer to: * The 425th Bombardment Squadron, designated the 36th Reconnaissance Squadron (Heavy) in April 1942. *The 36th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron {{mil-unit-dis ...
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425th Bombardment Squadron
The 425th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with 308th Bombardment Wing at Plattsburgh Air Force Base, New York, where it was inactivated in 1961. The squadron was active in the CBI as a B-24 Liberator unit. History Activated in early 1942 in Idaho as a long-range B-24 Liberator bombardment squadron under Second Air Force. For the next three months, little training occurred while the unit worked through its growing pains, resolving administrative and personnel acquisition difficulties. Then a totally new problem arose....all but four personnel were transferred to the 330th Bombardment Group! While active on paper, it wasn't until September that personnel were taken from the 39th Bombardment Group to form a headquarters cadre for the 308th Group, again making it a viable unit. On 29 September the squadron was designated an Operational Training Unit (OTU) with Wendover Field, Utah as its home station. The unit was ...
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