84th Bombardment Squadron

84th Bombardment Squadron
Emblem of the 84th Bombardment Squadron
Active	1941-1962
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Tactical Bombardment

The 84th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the post-World War II-era 47th Bombardment Wing, stationed at RAF Sculthorpe, England. It was inactivated on 22 June 1962.

History

Antisubmarine patrols, Dec 1941-Jan 1942. Combat in MTO, 22 Jan 1943 – 30 Apr 1945. Cold War NATO tactical bombardment squadron. See 47th Operations Group for extended history.

Lineage

• Constituted 84th Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 20 Nov 1940

Activated on 15 Jan 1941

Re-designated 84th Bombardment Squadron (Tactical) on 1 Oct 1955

Discontinued, and inactivated, on 22 Jun 1962.

Assignments

• 47th Bombardment Group, 15 Jan 1941
• Twelfth Air Force, 2 Oct 1949
• Ninth Air Force

Attached to 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 17 Oct 1949

• Tactical Air Command, 1 Aug 1950

Attached to 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 1 Sep 1950

• 47th Bombardment Group, 12 Mar 1951
• 47th Bombardment Wing, 8 Feb 1955 – 22 Jun 1962

Stations

McChord Field, Washington, 15 Jan 1941 Fresno Army Airbase, California, 11 Aug 1941 Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma, 17 Feb 1942 Greensboro Army Air Base, North Carolina, 16 Jul-c. 17 Oct 1942 Médiouna Airfield, French Morocco, c. 18 Nov 1942 Youks-les-Bains Airfield, Algeria, 6 Jan 1943 Canrobert Airfield, Algeria, 29 Mar 1943 Thelepte Airfield, Tunisia, 5 Apr 1943 Souk-el-Arba Airfield, Tunisia, 13 Apr 1943 Soliman Airfield, Tunisia, c. 1 Jun 1943 RAF Hal Far, Malta, 21 Jul 1943 Torrente Comunelli Airfield, Sicily, 10 Aug 1943 Gerbini Airfield, Sicily, 20 Aug 1943 Grottaglie Airfield, Italy, 24 Sep 1943 Vincenzo Airfield, Italy, 15 Oct 1943 Vesuvius Airfield, Italy, 11 Jan 1944

Capodichino Airport, Naples, Italy, 22 Mar 1944 Vesuvius Airfield, Italy, 25 Apr 1944 Ponte Galeria Airfield, Italy, 10 Jun 1944 Ombrone Airfield, Italy, 24 Jun 1944 Poretta Airfield, Corsica, 15 Jul 1944 Salon-de-Provence Air Base (BA 701), France, 5 Sep 1944 Follonica Airfield, Italy, 22 Sep 1944 Rosignano Airfield, Italy, 4 Oct 1944 Grosseto Airfield, Italy 2 Jan 1945 Pisa Airfield, Italy, 17-22 Jun 1945 Seymour Johnson Field, North Carolina, c. 12 Jul 1945 Lake Charles Army Airfield, Louisiana, 9 Sep 1945 Biggs Field, Texas, 20 Oct 1946 Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, 19 Nov 1948 Langley AFB, Virginia, 17 Oct 1949 – 21 May 1952 RAF Sculthorpe, England, 31 May 1952 – 22 Jun 1962

Aircraft

• B-18 Bolo, 1941-1942
• A-20 Havoc, 1942-1945
• A-26 (later B-26) Invader, 1945-1949
• B-45 Tornado, 1949-1957
• B-66 Destroyer, 1958-1962

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

• Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.