819th Bombardment Squadron
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819th Bombardment Squadron emblem[b][1] |
The 819th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive
The
History
Organization and antisubmarine warfare
The
After the
In October 1942, the AAF organized its antisubmarine forces into the single Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command, which established the 25th Antisubmarine Wing the following month to control its forces operating over the Atlantic.[4][5] Its bombardment group headquarters, including the 13th, were inactivated and the squadron, now designated the 3d Antisubmarine Squadron, was assigned directly to the 25th Wing.[1][2] In July 1943, the AAF and Navy reached an agreement to transfer the coastal antisubmarine mission to the Navy. This mission transfer also included an exchange of AAF long-range bombers equipped for antisubmarine warfare for Navy Consolidated B-24 Liberators without such equipment.[6]
Combat in the Pacific
With its antisubmarine mission ended, the squadron once again became a bomber unit, moving to join the
The 30th Group moved forward to the
in March 1945, the squadron returned to
Lineage
- Constituted as the 39th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 20 November 1940
- Activated on 15 January 1941
- Redesignated: 3d Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy) on 29 November 1942
- Redesignated: 819th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy on 22 September 1943
- Inactivated on 30 November 1945[1]
Assignments
- 13th Bombardment Group, 15 January 1941
- 25th Antisubmarine Wing, 30 November 1942
- 30th Bombardment Group, 11 October 1943 – 30 November 1945[1]
Stations
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Aircraft
- Douglas B-18 Bolo, 1941–1942
- North American B-25 Mitchell, 1941–1943
- Lockheed A-29 Hudson, 1942
- Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 1943–1945[1]
References
Notes
- Explanatory notes
- ^ Aircraft is Consolidated B-24J-105-CO Liberator, serial 42-109809, Evasive Action. Also visible are Douglas C-47 Skytrains and, in the distance, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress. Photo taken in the fall of 1944.
- ^ Approved 17 February 1942. Description: On and over a yellow disc with a black border a black bat, outlined in red, wings displayed, flying over a mass of red flames issuing from the lower border of the disc.
- Citations
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 768
- ^ a b c Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 56-57
- ^ Ferguson, p. 4
- ^ Maurer, Combat Units, p. 437
- ^ Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 388–389
- ^ Ferguson, pp. 82–83
- ^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 110
- ^ a b Robertson, Patsy (27 June 2017). "Factsheet 30 Operations Group (AFSPC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ Wright, p. 23
Bibliography
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Ferguson, Arthur B. (April 1945). "The Antisubmarine Command, USAF Historical Study No. 107" (PDF). Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Intelligence Historical Division. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. LCCN 61060979.
- 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.
- Wright, Derrick (2004). Iwo Jima 1945: The Marines Raise the Flag On Mount Suribachi. Oxford, England: Osprey Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-275-98273-4.