750th Bombardment Squadron

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Active 1943-1945 Type Bombardment Training		Country United States

Branch United States Army Air Forces

The 750th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 457th Bombardment Group, stationed at Sioux Falls Army Air Field, South Dakota. It was inactivated on 28 August 1945.

History

Established as a B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber squadron, it trained under Second Air Force. Deployed to England in late 1943, it was assigned to VIII Bomber Command. From 1944-1945, it engaged in strategic bombardment campaign of Nazi Germany and Occupied Europe. At the end of the war, personnel demobilized in the United Kingdom and returned to the United States. The squadron was reassigned to Second Air Force and programmed for B-29 Superfortress training. No personnel or aircraft assigned as a result of the end of war with Japan.

Lineage

Constituted 750th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 19 May 1943

Activated on 1 Ju1 1943Inactivated on 28 August 1945

Assignments

457th Bombardment Group, 1 July 1943 – 28 August 1945

Stations

Geiger Field, Washington, 1 July 1943

Rapid City Army Air Base, South Dakota, 9 July 1943

Ephrata Army Air Base, Washington, 28 October 1943

Wendover Field, Utah, 6 December 1943 – 1 January 1944

RAF Glatton, England, 28 January 1944-June 1945

Sioux Falls Army Air Field, South Dakota, July-28 August 1945

Aircraft

B-17 Flying Fortress, 1943–1945

References

750th Bombardment Squadron Wikipedia

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