The 42d Tactical Missile Squadron is an inactive
United States Air Force unit, formed in 1985 by the consolidation of two units. The first is the 2d Search Attack Squadron, which tested
antisubmarine warfare
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tactics and equipment at
Langley Field, Virginia during
World War II. The second is the 942d Forward Air Control Squadron, which was activated following the
Korean War, but does not appear to have been equipped or manned. The consolidated
squadron
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has not been active.
History
World War II
The first predecessor of the
squadron
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was activated at
Langley Field, Virginia as the 2d Search Attack Squadron. The squadron was primarily equipped with
Douglas B-18 Bolos. It tested electronic equipment and trained crews for its use in antisubmarine operations; antisubmarine patrols, July 1942 until late 1943."
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Cold War
The second predecessor of the squadron is the 942d Forward Air Control Squadron, which was activated as the Korean War was ending in June 1953. With the end of the war the following month, it apparently was not manned or equipped until it was inacrivated in March 1954.[''See'' Department of the Air Force/MPM Letter 662q, 19 September 1985, Subject: Reconstitution, Redesignation, and Consolidation of Selected Air Force Tactical Squadrons (inactivation date)]
The two squadrons were consolidated in September 1985 as the 42d Tactical Missile Squadron.[Department of the Air Force/MPM Letter 662q, 19 September 1985, Subject: Reconstitution, Redesignation, and Consolidation of Selected Air Force Tactical Squadrons]
Lineage
; 2d Search Attack Unit
* Constituted as the 2d Search Attack Squadron (Medium) on 8 June 1942
: Activated on 17 June 1942
: Redesignated 2d Sea-Search Attack Squadron (Heavy) on 24 June 1943
: Redesignated 2d Search Attack Squadron (Heavy) on 22 November 1943
: Disbanded on 10 April 1944[
: Reconstituted and consolidated with the 942d Forward Air Control Squadron as the 42d Tactical Missile Squadron on 19 September 1985][
; 942d Forward Air Control Squadron
* Constituted as the 942d Forward Air Control Squadron on 18 March 1953
: Activated 20 June 1953
: Inactivated on 8 March 1954
: Consolidated with the 2d Search Attack Squadron as the 42d Tactical Missile Squadron on 19 September 1985][
]
Assignments
* 1st Sea-Search Attack Group
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(later 1st Sea-Search Attack Unit, 1st Search Attack Group), 17 June 1942 – 10 April 1944[
: Air echelon attached to I Bomber Command, 17-23 Apr 1942
]
Stations
* Langley Field, Virginia, 17 June 1942 – 10 April 1944 operated from: Naval Air Station Key West, Florida, 17–23 August 1942; Rdinburgh Field, Trinidad, 20 September-21 October 1942[
* Chunchon Air Base, South Korea, 20 Jun 1953-8 Mar 1954
]
Aircraft
* North American B-25 Mitchell, 1942
* Douglas B-18 Bolo/ 1942–1943
* Lockheed B-34 Ventura
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The Ventura first entered combat in Europe as a bomber with the RAF in late 1942. Designated PV-1 by the United States Navy (US Navy), it entered combat in 1 ...
, 1943–1944[
]
See also
* List of United States Air Force missile squadrons
References
Notes
Bibliography
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External links
42d Tactical Missile Squadron
External links
{{USAAF Antisubmarine Command
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