467th Bombardment Squadron

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467th Bombardment Squadron
Active1942–1944
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
TypeBombardment

The 467th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 333d Bombardment Group, stationed at Dalhart Army Air Field, Texas. It was inactivated on 1 April 1944.

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History

Established as a B-24 Liberator heavy bomb group in July 1942. Assigned to Second Air Force as an operational training unit, providing replacement crew training for pilots and aircrews. Inactivated in 1944 with the phaseout of B-24 crew training.

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Activated on 15 July 1942
Inactivated on 1 April 1944

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