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827th Bombardment Squadron
Distinguished Unit Citation
Insignia
827th Bombardment Squadron Emblem[a][1]
Early 41st Bombardment Squadron emblem

The 827th Bombardment Squadron is a former

Casablanca Airport
, French Morocco, where it was inactivated on 25 July 1945.

The

antisubmarine warfare
missions off the Atlantic coast of the United States, and was redesignated as the 5th Antisubmarine Squadron.

After the

V-E Day it operated with Air Transport Command
, returning American troops to the United States until it was inactivated in theater in 1945.

History

Organization and antisubmarine warfare

The

Orlando Army Air Base, Florida.[1][2]

After the

Westover Field, Massachusetts.[1][2]

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 5th 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 Mediterranean

After the

Mediterranean Theater of Operations. Shortly before deploying, the squadron was redesignated as a Pathfinder unit, although it never performed pathfinder missions.[1][7][b]

In April 1944, the squadron began flying combat missions from

Distinguished Unit Citation.[7]

Two months later, on 21 August 1944, the squadron received a second DUC for an attack on underground oil storage facilities near Vienna, Austria. Without fighter escort, the squadron fought its way through intense opposition to strike the target.[7]

The squadron was sometimes diverted from strategic targets. It bombed bridges,

Operation Grapeshot, the final advances in northern Italy.[7]

Following

V-E Day, The unit was assigned to Air Transport Command, It used its B-24s as transport aircraft, flying personnel from locations in France and Italy to Casablanca, French Morocco. It also engaged in transport operations from North Africa to the Azores or Dakar in French West Africa until it was inactivated on 25 July 1945.[1][7]

Lineage

  • Constituted as the 41st Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 20 November 1940
Activated on 15 January 1941
Redesignated 5th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy) on 29 November 1942
Redesignated 827th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 1 October 1943
Redesignated: 827th Bombardment Squadron (Pathfinder) on 14 February 1944
Redesignated: 827th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy on 11 November 1944
Inactivated on 25 July 1945[1]

Assignments

  • 13th Bombardment Group: 15 January 1941
  • 25th Antisubmarine Wing: c. 30 November 1942
  • 484th Bombardment Group: 1 October 1943 - 25 July 1945[1]

Stations

Aircraft

  • Douglas B-18 Bolo, 1941
  • North American B-25 Mitchell, 1941-1943
  • Lockheed A-29 Hudson
    , 1942-1943
  • Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 1943–1945[1]

Awards and campaigns

Award streamer Award Dates Notes
Distinguished Unit Citation
 13 June 1944 Munich, Germany and Innsbruck, Austria 827th Bombardment Squadron[1]
Distinguished Unit Citation 22 August 1944 Vienna, Austria 827th Bombardment Squadron[1]
Campaign Streamer Campaign Dates Notes
Antisubmarine 7 December 1941 – 1 August 1943 41st Bombardment Squadron (later 5th Antisubmarine Squadron)[1]
Air Offensive, Europe April 1944–5 June 1944 827th Bombardment Squadron[1]
Central Europe April 1944–21 May 1945 827th Bombardment Squadron[1]
Air Combat, EAME Theater April 1944–11 May 1945 827th Bombardment Squadron[1]
Rome-Arno April 1944–9 September 1944 827th Bombardment Squadron[1]
Normandy 6 June 1944 – 24 July 1944 827th Bombardment Squadron[1]
Northern France 25 July 1944 – 14 September 1944 827th Bombardment Squadron[1]
Southern France 15 August 1944 – 14 September 1944 827th Bombardment Squadron[1]
North Apennines 10 September 1944 – 4 April 1945 827th Bombardment Squadron[1]
Rhineland 15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945 827th Bombardment Squadron[1]
Po Valley 3 April 1945 – 8 May 1945 827th Bombardment Squadron[1]

See also

References

Notes

Explanatory notes
  1. ^ Approved 11 July 1942. Description: On a white disc, encircled by a blue annulet, issuant from base, a dexter arm from the wrist grasping a four pronged thunderbolt extending across and over the annulet.
  2. one group
    in England, but eventually elected to train selected crews in each of its groups for this mission. Freeman, pp. 117-118.
Citations
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 771–772
  2. ^ a b c Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 56-57
  3. ^ Ferguson, p. 4
  4. ^ Maurer, Combat Units, p. 437
  5. ^ Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 388–389
  6. ^ Ferguson, pp. 82–83
  7. ^ a b c d e Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 355-356

Bibliography

Public Domain 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.
  • ISBN 978-0-87938-638-2
    .
  • 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
    .

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