The 84th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive

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unit. It was last assigned to the post-World War II-era

47th Bombardment Wing The 47th Flying Training Wing is a United States Air Force pilot training wing based at Laughlin Air Force Base, near Del Rio, Texas. It is one of five pilot training units in the Air Force's Air Education and Training Command which conducts ...

, stationed at

RAF Sculthorpe The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and ...

, England. It was inactivated on 22 June 1962.

History

Antisubmarine patrols, Dec 1941-Jan 1942. Combat in MTO, 22 Jan 1943 – 30 Apr 1945. Cold War NATO tactical bombardment squadron. See

47th Operations Group The 47th Operations Group (47 OG) is the flying component of the 47th Flying Training Wing, assigned to the United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command. The group is stationed at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. Overview The 47 ...

for extended history.

Lineage

* Constituted as the 84th Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 20 Nov 1940 : Activated on 15 Jan 1941 : Redesignated 84th Bombardment Squadron, Light on 20 August 1943 : Redesignated 84th Bombardment Squadron, Light (Night Intruder) on 16 April 1946 : Redesignated 84th Bombardment Squadron, Light, Jet on 23 June 1948 : Redesignated 84th Bombardment Squadron, Light c. 16 November 1950 : Redesignated 84th Bombardment Squadron, Tactical on 1 October 1955 : Discontinued, and inactivated, on 22 Jun 1962

Assignments

47th Bombardment Group 47th may refer to: Chicago Transit Authority stations * 47th station (CTA Green Line), on the Green Line * 47th station (CTA Red Line) 47th is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Red Line. The station is loca ...

, 15 January 1941 *

Twelfth Air Force The Twelfth Air Force (12 AF; Air Forces Southern, (AFSOUTH)) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC). It is headquartered at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. The command is the air component to ...

, 2 October 1949 *

Ninth Air Force The Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Air Force headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. It is the Air Force Service Component of United States Central Command (USCENTCOM), a joint De ...

, 17 October 1949 (attached to 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group) * Tactical Air Command, 1 August 1950 (attached to 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing after 1 September 1950) * 47th Bombardment Group, 12 March 1951 *

, 8 February 1955 – 22 June 1962

Stations

McChord Field McChord Field is a United States Air Force base in the northwest United States, in Pierce County, Washington. South of Tacoma, McChord Field is the home of the 62d Airlift Wing, Air Mobility Command, the field's primary mission being worldwi ...

, Washington, 15 January 1941 *

Fresno Army Air Base Fresno Yosemite International Airport is a joint military/public airport in Fresno, California, United States. It is the primary commercial airport for the San Joaquin Valley and three national parks: Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon. It ...

, California, 11 August 1941 *

Will Rogers Field Will may refer to: Common meanings * Will and testament, instructions for the disposition of one's property after death * Will (philosophy), or willpower * Will (sociology) * Will, volition (psychology) * Will, a modal verb - see Shall and will ...

, Oklahoma, 17 February 1942 * Greensboro Army Air Base, North Carolina, 16 July–c. 17 October 1942 * Médiouna Airfield, French Morocco, c. 18 November 1942 *

Youks-les-Bains Airfield Youks-les-Bains Airfield is an abandoned military airfield in Algeria, located about 20 km northwest of Tebessa. The airfield today consists of several agricultural fields, with the faint remains of its main runway, parts of a taxiway and ...

, Algeria, 6 January 1943 * Canrobert Airfield, Algeria, 29 March 1943 * Thelepte Airfield, Tunisia, 5 April 1943 *

Souk-el-Arba Airfield The Souk-el-Arba Airfields are a pair of World War II military airfields in Tunisia, located near what was at the time the village of Souk-el-Arba but since 1966 has been known as Jendouba. The location is approximately 130 km west-southwes ...

, Tunisia, 13 April 1943 *

Soliman Airfield Soliman Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Tunisia, located approximately 12 km west-northwest of Manzil Bū Zalafah, and 39 km southeast of Tunis. It was a temporary airfield, not designed for heavy bomber or ...

, Tunisia, c. 1 June 1943 *

RAF Hal Far The RAF Hal Far airfield was the first permanent airfield to be built on Malta. It was opened on 1 April 1929 as HMS ''Falcon'', a Royal Navy stone frigate, and was used by Fleet Air Arm crews. It was transferred to the Maltese Government and ...

, Malta, 21 July 1943 *

Torrente Comunelli Airfield Torrente Comunelli Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Sicily, located 5 km west-northwest of Gela, approximately 140 km southeast of Palermo. It was an all-weather temporary field built by the XII Engineer Co ...

, Sicily, 10 August 1943 *

Gerbini Airfield Gerbini Airfield is a series of abandoned World War II military airfields in Paternò, Sicily, located west of Catania, near the intersection of the A19 and SP24 highways. The airfields consisted of a series of flat agricultural fields, used ...

, Sicily, 20 August 1943 *

Grottaglie Airfield Taranto-Grottaglie "Marcello Arlotta" Airport ( it, Aeroporto di Taranto-Grottaglie "Marcello Arlotta") is an airport serving Taranto and Grottaglie, both ''comunes'' in the province of Taranto in Italy. The airport is located from the city of M ...

, Italy, 24 September 1943 * Vincenzo Airfield, Italy, 15 October 1943 *

Vesuvius Airfield Vesuvius Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Italy, located approximately east-northeast of San Giuseppe Vesuvianom about east of Naples. It was an all-weather temporary field built by the XII Engineer Command using a g ...

, Italy, 11 January 1944 *

Capodichino Airport San Pietro a Patierno is a suburb of Naples, the chief city in Campania, Italy. Geography It is one of the largest suburbs of Naples and is relatively lightly populated compared to surrounding areas, with around 20,000 residents. The district of ...

, Italy, 22 March 1944 *

, Italy, 25 April 1944 * Ponte Galeria Airfield, Italy, 10 June 1944 * Ombrone Airfield, Italy, 24 June 1944 * Poretta Airfield, Corsica, 15 July 1944 *

Salon-de-Provence Air Base Salon-de-Provence Air Base (french: Base aérienne 701 Salon-de-Provence, links=no or BA 701) is a base of the French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace) located south Salon-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône in southern France. ...

, France, 5 September 1944 *

Follonica Airfield Follonica Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Italy, located in the vicinity of Follonica in Tuscany; about 180 km northwest of Rome. It was an all-weather temporary field built by the United States Army Air Force X ...

, Italy, 22 September 1944 *

Rosignano Airfield Rosignano Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Italy, located near the comune of Rosignano Marittimo in the Province of Livorno in Tuscany. The area was captured by the Fifth Army in the early summer of 1944, and the air ...

, Italy, 4 October 1944 *

Grosseto Airfield Grosseto Airport ( it, Aeroporto di Grosseto) is an airport in central Italy, located west of Grosseto in the Italian region of Tuscany. Although it is classified as a "joint use" facility, Grosseto Airport is primarily an Italian Air Force (A ...

, Italy 2 January 1945 *

Pisa Airfield Pisa International Airport ( it, Aeroporto Internazionale di Pisa) , also named Galileo Galilei Airport is an airport located in Pisa, Italy. It is the main airport in Tuscany and the 10th in Italy in terms of passengers. It is named after Gali ...

, Italy, 17–22 June 1945 *

Seymour Johnson Field Seymour Johnson Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located in Goldsboro, North Carolina. The base is named for U.S. Navy Lt. Seymour A. Johnson, a test pilot from Goldsboro who died in an airplane crash near Norbeck, Maryland, ...

, North Carolina, c. 12 July 1945 *

Lake Charles Army Air Field A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

, Louisiana, 9 September 1945 *

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, Texas, 20 October 1946 * Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, 19 November 1948 * Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, 17 October 1949 – 21 May 1952 *

, England, 31 May 1952 – 22 June 1962

Aircraft

Douglas B-18 Bolo The Douglas B-18 Bolo is an American heavy bomber which served with the United States Army Air Corps and the Royal Canadian Air Force (as the Digby) during the late 1930s and early 1940s. The Bolo was developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company ...

, 1941-1942 *

Douglas A-20 Havoc The Douglas A-20 Havoc (company designation DB-7) is an American medium bomber, attack aircraft, night intruder, night fighter, and reconnaissance aircraft of World War II. Designed to meet an Army Air Corps requirement for a bomber, it was o ...

, 1942-1945 *

Douglas A-26 Invader The Douglas A-26 Invader (designated B-26 between 1948 and 1965) is an American twin-engined light bomber and ground attack aircraft. Built by Douglas Aircraft Company during World War II, the Invader also saw service during several major Col ...

(later B-26), 1945-1949 *

North American B-45 Tornado The North American B-45 Tornado was an early American jet bomber designed and manufactured by aircraft company North American Aviation. It has the distinction of being the first operational jet bomber to enter service with the United States Ai ...

, 1949-1957 *

Douglas B-66 Destroyer The Douglas B-66 Destroyer is a light bomber that was designed and produced by the American aviation manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company. The B-66 was developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) and is heavily based upon the United Stat ...

, 1958-1962

References

Notes

Bibliography

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