84th Bombardment Squadron

84th Bombardment Squadron
Emblem of the 84th Bombardment Squadron
Active	1941-1962
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Tactical Bombardment

The 84th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the post-World War II-era 47th Bombardment Wing, stationed at RAF Sculthorpe, 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 for extended history.

Lineage

Constituted 84th Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 20 Nov 1940

Activated on 15 Jan 1941

Re-designated 84th Bombardment Squadron (Tactical) on 1 Oct 1955

Discontinued, and inactivated, on 22 Jun 1962.

Assignments

Attached to 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 17 Oct 1949

Tactical Air Command, 1 Aug 1950

Attached to 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 1 Sep 1950

47th Bombardment Group, 12 Mar 1951
47th Bombardment Wing, 8 Feb 1955 – 22 Jun 1962

Stations

McChord Field, Washington, 15 Jan 1941
Fresno Army Airbase, California, 11 Aug 1941
Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma, 17 Feb 1942
Greensboro Army Air Base, North Carolina, 16 Jul-c. 17 Oct 1942
Médiouna Airfield, French Morocco, c. 18 Nov 1942
Youks-les-Bains Airfield, Algeria, 6 Jan 1943
Canrobert Airfield, Algeria, 29 Mar 1943
Thelepte Airfield, Tunisia, 5 Apr 1943
Souk-el-Arba Airfield, Tunisia, 13 Apr 1943
Soliman Airfield, Tunisia, c. 1 Jun 1943
RAF Hal Far, Malta, 21 Jul 1943
Torrente Comunelli Airfield, Sicily, 10 Aug 1943
Gerbini Airfield, Sicily, 20 Aug 1943
Grottaglie Airfield, Italy, 24 Sep 1943
Vincenzo Airfield, Italy, 15 Oct 1943
Vesuvius Airfield, Italy, 11 Jan 1944

Capodichino Airport, Naples, Italy, 22 Mar 1944
Vesuvius Airfield, Italy, 25 Apr 1944
Ponte Galeria Airfield, Italy, 10 Jun 1944
Ombrone Airfield, Italy, 24 Jun 1944
Poretta Airfield, Corsica, 15 Jul 1944
Salon-de-Provence Air Base (BA 701), France, 5 Sep 1944
Follonica Airfield, Italy, 22 Sep 1944
Rosignano Airfield, Italy, 4 Oct 1944
Grosseto Airfield, Italy 2 Jan 1945
Pisa Airfield, Italy, 17-22 Jun 1945
Seymour Johnson Field, North Carolina, c. 12 Jul 1945
Lake Charles Army Airfield, Louisiana, 9 Sep 1945
Biggs Field, Texas, 20 Oct 1946
Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, 19 Nov 1948
Langley AFB, Virginia, 17 Oct 1949 – 21 May 1952
RAF Sculthorpe, England, 31 May 1952 – 22 Jun 1962

Aircraft

B-18 Bolo, 1941-1942
A-20 Havoc, 1942-1945
A-26 (later B-26) Invader, 1945-1949
B-45 Tornado, 1949-1957
B-66 Destroyer, 1958-1962

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.

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