652d Bombardment Squadron

652d Bombardment Squadron
Emblem of the 652d Bombardment Squadron
Active	1944–1945
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Air Force
Type	Weather Reconnaissance
Engagements	World War II

The 652d Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with VIII Fighter Command, based at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. It was inactivated on 19 December 1945.

History

Lineage

• Constituted 652d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy, Weather Reconnaissance) on 17 July 1944

Activated on 9 August 1944.

Inactivated on 19 December 1945.

See 352d Tactical Fighter Squadron for post World War II lineage.

Assignments

• 25th Bombardment Group (Reconnaissance), 9 August 1944
• 1st Air Division, 13 July 1945
• 3d Air Division, 25 August 1945
• 1st Air Division, 1 September 1945
• 3d Air Division, 12 October 1945
• VIII Fighter Command, 1 November – 19 December 1945

Attached to: 325th Reconnaissance Wing, 6 January – 12 October 1945

Stations

• RAF Watton, England, 9 August 1944
• RAF Alconbury, England, 13 July 1945
• RAF Raydon, England, 25 October – December 1945
• Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, C. 17–19 December 1945.

Aircraft

• B-24 Liberator, 1944
• B-17 Flying Fortress, 1944¬1945.

Operations

Weather reconnaissance in ETO, 10 August 1944 – 26 September 1945.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• 325th Air Division, Reconnaissance AFRHA Fact Sheet