670th Bombardment Squadron

670th Bombardment Squadron
670th Bombardment Squadron
	Distinguished Unit Citation
Insignia
670th Bombardment Squadron emblem
Fuselage code	F6

The 670th Bombardment Squadron is a former

Distinguished Unit Citation

for its actions in combat. It returned to the United States in the fall of 1945 and was inactivated at the port of embarkation.

History

The

European Theater of Operations. The squadron departed the United States at the beginning of January 1944.^[1]^[3]

The squadron arrived at

marshalling yards, bridges, and railway overpasses.^[3]

The 670th assisted ground forces at

ground support of the advancing Allied forces. It supported the assault on the Siegfried Line by with attacks on transportation, warehouses, supply dumps and defended villages in Germany.^[3]

At Melun, the squadron became part of the first group in

V-E Day until September 1945, when it returned to the United States for inactivation at the port of embarkation on 11 October 1945.^[1]^[3]

Lineage

Constituted as the 670th Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 25 January 1943

Redesignated 670th Bombardment Squadron, Light on 20 August 1943

Activated on 5 February 1943

Inactivated on 11 October 1945 [1]

Assignments

416th Bombardment Group, 5 February 1943 – 11 October 1945^[1]

Stations

Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma, 5 February 1943
Lake Charles Army Air Field
, Louisiana, 4 June 1943
Laurel Army Air Field
, Mississippi, 1 November 1943 – 1 January 1944
RAF Wethersfield (AAF-170),^[10] England, 1 February 1944
Melun Airfield (A-55),^[11] France, 21 September 1944
Laon/Athies Airfield (A-69),^[12]
France, 10 February 1945

Cormeilles en Vexin Airfield (A-59),^[11]
France, c. 25 May 1945

Laon/Athies Airfield (A-69),[12] France, 27 July–13 September 1945
Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts, 10–11 October 1945^[13]

Aircraft

North American B-25 Mitchell, 1943
Douglas A-20 Havoc, 1943–1944
Douglas A-26 Invader, 1944–1945^[1]

Awards and campaigns

Award streamer	Award	Dates	Notes
	Presidential Unit Citation	6 August 1944-9 August 1944	France, 670th Bombardment Squadron^[1]

Campaign	Dates	Notes
Air Offensive, Europe	2 February 1944 – 5 June 1944	670th Bombardment Squadron^[1]
Air Combat, EAME Theater	2 February 1944 – 11 May 1945	670th Bombardment Squadron^[1]
Normandy	6 June 1944 – 24 July 1944	670th Bombardment Squadron^[1]
Northern France	25 July 1944 – 14 September 1944	670th Bombardment Squadron^[1]
Rhineland	15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945	670th Bombardment Squadron^[1]
Ardennes-Alsace	16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945	670th Bombardment Squadron^[1]
Central Europe	22 March 1944 – 21 May 1945	670th Bombardment Squadron^[1]

References

Notes

Explanatory notes

^ Approved 28 July 1943. Description: On a light blue disc, border of three alternate bands blue, white, and orange, piped at inner side with white, a black caricatured crow (Beaky the Bomber), in flight, having yellow bill, and wearing an orange aviator's helmet, goggles white, trimmed black, and carrying in the beak a large orange aerial bomb, all emitting speed lines white to rear, three white cloud formations, one in chief, one in sinister fess, and one in dexter base.

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 699-700
^ Rust, p. 211
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 299-300
^ Rust, p. 56
^ Rust, p. 61
^ Rust, p. 100
^ Rust, pp. 126-127
^ Rust, p. 147
^ Rust, p.173
^ Station number in Anderson. p.22.
^ ^a ^b Station number in Johnson, p. 19.
^ ^a ^b Station number in Johnson, p. 20.
^ Station information in Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 699-700, except as noted.

Bibliography

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

Anderson, Capt. Barry (1985). Army Air Forces Stations: A Guide to the Stations Where U.S. Army Air Forces Personnel Served in the United Kingdom During World War II (PDF). Maxwell AFB, AL: Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
Johnson, 1st Lt. David C. (1988). U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO) D-Day to V-E Day (PDF). Maxwell AFB, AL: Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2017.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.
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Rust, Kenn C. (1967). The 9th Air Force in World War II. Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers, Inc.
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[2] Approved 28 July 1943. Description: On a light blue disc, border of three alternate bands blue, white, and orange, piped at inner side with white, a black caricatured crow (Beaky the Bomber), in flight, having yellow bill, and wearing an orange aviator's helmet, goggles white, trimmed black, and carrying in the beak a large orange aerial bomb, all emitting speed lines white to rear, three white cloud formations, one in chief, one in sinister fess, and one in dexter base.

[Maurer670BS-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 699-700

[3] Rust, p. 211

[Maurer416BG-4] Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 299-300

[5] Rust, p. 56

[6] Rust, p. 61

[7] Rust, p. 100

[8] Rust, pp. 126-127

[9] Rust, p. 147

[10] Rust, p.173

[11] Station number in Anderson. p.22.

[Johnson19-12] Station number in Johnson, p. 19.

[Johnson20-13] Station number in Johnson, p. 20.

[14] Station information in Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 699-700, except as noted.

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