2d Antisubmarine Squadron
| 2d Antisubmarine Squadron | |
|---|---|
 Emblem of the 2d Antisubmarine Squadron | |
| Active | 1942-1944 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Role | Anti-Submarine |
The 2d Antisubmarine Squadron is an inactive
Clovis Army Airfield, New Mexico, and under the command of Col. Jack Roberts.[1] On 13 November 1943, the 2d Antisubmarine Squadron was directed to relinquish their assignment to the U.S. Navy and to return to the United States with all personnel and equipment. For its role in the war, the group, which existed for only one year, was awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation, It was inactivated on 29 January 1944.[2]
History
Lineage
- Constituted 523d Bombardment Squadron on 13 October 1942.[3]
- Activated on 18 October 1942
- Redesignated: 2d Antisubmarine Squadron on 23 November 1942
- Disbanded on 29 January 1944.
Assignments
- 378th Bombardment Group, 18 October 1942
- 25th Antisubmarine Wing, 14 December 1942
- Attached to: VIII Bomber Command, c. 2 January 1942
- Attached to: 1st Antisubmarine Group [Prov], 15 January 1943
- Attached to: 2037th Antisubmarine Wing [Prov], 1 March-21 June 1943
- 480th Antisubmarine Group, 21 June 1943 – 29 January 1944.
Stations
- RAF St Eval, England, 2 January 1943
- French Morocco, c. 11 March-25 November 1943
Operated from Agadir,
French Morocco
, July 1943
- Clovis AAF, New Mexico, C. 4–29 January 1944.
Aircraft
- B-17 Flying Fortress, 1942
- B-18 Bolo, 1942
- B-34 Ventura, 1942
- B-24 Liberator, 1942-1944.
Operational history
The 2d Antisubmarine Squadron was formed at
B-34 Ventura as aerial antisubmarine killer hunter squadron. Redesignated 2d Antisubmarine Squadron and reassigned to 25th Antisubmarine Wing upon inactivation of initial training group.[3]
Deployed to
B-24 Liberators in aerial antisubmarine tactics.[4]
Deployed again to
Straits of Gibraltar as part of 2037th Antisubmarine Wing (Provisional) under the operational control of the United States Navy (USN) Fleet Air Wing 15 (FAW-15), which answered to the commander of the Moroccan Sea Frontier.[5]
The squadron flew B-24s daily on operational missions as part of the
Sicily. At the time, the 480th Antisubmarine Group was under the command of Colonel Jack Roberts and consisted of both the 1st and 2nd Antisubmarine Squadrons. The group was assigned to the Northwest African Coastal Air Force under the command of Air Vice-Marshal Hugh Lloyd but they operated under the control of USN FAW-15 at Port Lyautey, French Morocco, now Kenitra, Morocco.[citation needed
]
Returned to the United States in November 1943 and disbanded on 29 January 1944.[6]
References
- ^ "HyperWar: Europe: TORCH to POINTBLANK August 1942 TO December 1943 (Chapter 12)". www.ibiblio.org. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ^ "BRIGADIER GENERAL JACK ROBERTS > U.S. Air Force > Biography Display". www.af.mil. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ^ a b Maurer, Maurer (1969). Combat Squadrons of the Air Force; World War II. USAF Historical Division, Department of the Air Force.
- ^ a b Division, United States USAF Historical (1961). Maurer, Maurer (ed.). Air Force Combat Units of World War II. U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ "The War's Oddest Dogfight". Air & Space Magazine. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ^ Maurer, p. 10
Bibliography
- Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. OCLC 72556. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
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