500th Fighter-Bomber Squadron

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500th Fighter-Bomber Squadron
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P-40 Warhawks as flown by the squadron
Active1942–1944
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
BranchFlag of the United States Air Force.svg  United States Air Force
Role Fighter-Bomber training
Engagements World War II
Insignia
499th Fighter-Bomber Squadron) emblem (approved 31 August 1942) [1] 306th Bombardment Squadron (later 500th Fighter Squadron) - Emblem.png

The 500th Fighter-Bomber Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 85th Fighter-Bomber Group stationed at Harris Neck Army Air Field, 1eorgia. It was inactivated on 1 May 1944.

Contents

History

Participated in air-ground maneuvers, October 1942— April 1943, and afterward served as a replacement training unit until 1 May 1944

Lineage

Activated on 10 February 1942
Redesignated 306th Bombardment Squadron (Dive) on 27 July 1942
Redesignated 500th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 10 August 1943
Disbanded on 1 May 1944 [1]

Assignments

Stations

Aircraft

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References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 603

Bibliography

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