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84th Bombardment Squadron

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Active
  
1941-1962

Role
  
Tactical Bombardment

Country
  
United States

84th Bombardment Squadron

Branch
  
United States Air Force

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.

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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 1941Re-designated 84th Bombardment Squadron (Tactical) on 1 Oct 1955Discontinued, and inactivated, on 22 Jun 1962.

    Assignments

  • 47th Bombardment Group, 15 Jan 1941
  • Twelfth Air Force, 2 Oct 1949
  • Ninth Air Force
    • 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

    • 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

    84th Bombardment Squadron Wikipedia
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