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3rd Composite Squadron

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Active
  
1942-1945

Role
  
Training

Country
  
United States

Branch
  
United States Army Air Force

The 3rd Composite Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the XIX Tactical Air Command, based at Lawson Army Airfield, Georgia. It was inactivated on 7 November 1945.

Contents

Lineage

  • Constituted 7th Observation Squadron on 28 January 1942
    • Activated on 6 February 1942 Redesignated: 7th Reconnaissance Squadron on 22 June 1943 Redesignated: 3d Composite Squadron on 9 October 1943 Inactivated on 7 November 1945 Disbanded on 8 October 1948.

    Assignments

  • Office of Chief of Air Corps, 6 February 1942
  • Headquarters, Army Air Forces, 9 March 1942
    • Attached to Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia
  • III Reconnaissance Command, 30 August 1943
  • I (later III) Tactical Air Division, 8 November 1943
  • III Tactical Air Command, 1 October 1944
  • XIX Tactical Air Command, 25 October-7 November 1945

    • Stations

  • Pope Field, North Carolina, 6 February 1942
  • Lawson Field, Georgia, 6 April 1942 – 7 November 1945.

    • Operational history

    Aerial support for training ground forces.

    References

    3rd Composite Squadron Wikipedia
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