878th Bombardment Squadron
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The 878th Bombardment Squadron is a former
March Field
, California on 16 February 1946.
History
The
The squadron did not arrive at its combat station until September 1944.Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC) for an attack on the Mitsubishi engine manufacturing plant in Nagoya on 23 January 1945.[2]
In March 1945, the tactics of
Lineage
- Constituted as the 878th Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy on 19 November 1943
- Activated on 20 November 1943
- Inactivated on 16 February 1946[1]
Assignments
- 499th Bombardment Group, 20 November 1943 – 16 February 1946[1]
Stations
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Aircraft
- Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, 1944
- Boeing B-29 Superfortress, 1944–1946[1]
Awards and campaigns
| Award streamer | Award | Dates | Notes |
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Distinguished Unit Citation |
23 January 1945 | Nagoya, Japan, 878th Bombardment Squadron[1] |
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Distinguished Unit Citation | 22–28 April 1945 | Japan, 878th Bombardment Squadron[1] |
| Campaign Streamer | Campaign | Dates | Notes |
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Air Offensive, Japan | 22 September 1944–2 September 1945 | 878th Bombardment Squadron[1] |
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Western Pacific | 17 April 1945–2 September 1945 | 878th Bombardment Squadron[1] |
See also
- B-17 Flying Fortress units of the United States Army Air Forces
- List of B-29 Superfortress operators
References
Notes
- Explanatory notes
- ^ Approved 8 September 1945. Description: On a light turquoise blue disc, border white, edged black, a caricatured, red pack horse facing to dexter, winged white, snorting flames from the nostrils, and having three, brown aerial bombs strapped on back by a brown and yellow band, all in front of a large white cloud formation; in dexter fess a yellow-orange five-point star, edged black.
- Citations
Bibliography
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- 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. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- 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.
- Salmons, Harold Irvin Jr. "Crew History," post-war scrap book, circa 1947.
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