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491st Fighter Bomber Squadron

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Active
  
1942-1944

Type
  
Fighter/Fighter-Bomber

Country
  
United States

Branch
  
United States Army Air Forces

The 491st Fighter-Bomber Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 84th Fighter Group stationed at Harding Army Airfield, Louisiana. It was inactivated on 1 April 1944.

Contents

Lineage

  • Constituted as: 304th Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 13 January 1942
    • Activated on 10 February 1942 Redesignated as: 491st Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 10 August 1943 Disbanded on 1 April 1944.

    Assignments

  • 84th Bombardment (later Fighter-Bomber) Group, 10 February 1942 – 1 April 1944.

    • Stations

  • Hunter Field, Georgia, 10 February 1942
  • Drew Field, Florida, 8 February 1943
  • Harding AAF, Louisiana, 4 October 1943 – 1 April 1944.

    • Aircraft

  • V-72, 1942
  • A-24, 1942–1943
  • P-39, 1943
  • P-47, 1943-1944.

    • Operations history

    Operational/Replacement training unit, 1942–1944

    References

    491st Fighter-Bomber Squadron Wikipedia
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