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467th Bombardment Squadron

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Active
  
1942–1944

Type
  
Bombardment

Country
  
United States

Branch
  
United States Air Force

The 467th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 333d Bombardment Group, stationed at Dalhart Army Air Field, Texas. It was inactivated on 1 April 1944.

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History

Established as a B-24 Liberator heavy bomb group in July 1942. Assigned to Second Air Force as an operational training unit, providing replacement crew training for pilots and aircraws. Inactivated in 1944 with the phaseout of B-24 crew training.

Lineage

  • Constituted 467th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 9 July 1942
    • Activated on 15 July 1942 Inactivated on 1 April 1944

    Assignments

  • 333d Bombardment Group, 15 July 1942-1 April 1944

    • Stations

  • Salt Lake City Army Air Base, Utah, 15 July 1942
  • Topeka Army Air Base, Kansas, c. 21 August 1942
  • Dalhart Army Air Field, Texas, 22 February 1943-1 April 1944

    • Aircraft

  • B-24 Liberator, 1942–1943

    • References

    467th Bombardment Squadron Wikipedia
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