500th Fighter-Bomber Squadron
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| 500th Fighter-Bomber Squadron | |
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 P-40 Warhawks as flown by the squadron | |
| Active | 1942–1944 |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Air Force |
| Role | Fighter-Bomber training |
| Engagements | World War II |
| Insignia | |
| 499th Fighter-Bomber Squadron) emblem (approved 31 August 1942)[1] | _-_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.
History
[edit]Participated in air-ground maneuvers, October 1942— April 1943, and afterward served as a replacement training unit until 1 May 1944
Lineage
[edit]- Constituted as the 306th Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 13 January 1942
- 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
[edit]- * 85th Bombardment Group (later 85th Fighter-Bomber Group), 10 February 1942 – 1 May 1944[1]
Stations
[edit]- Army Air Base, Savannah, Georgia, 10 February 1942
- Bowman Field, Kentucky, c. 16 February 1942
- Hunter Field, Georgia, 8 June 1942
- Waycross Army Air Field, Georgia, 15 August 1942
- Gillespie Field, Tennessee, 3 October 1942
- Blythe Army Air Base, California, 2 November 1942
- Rice Army Air Field, California, c. 11 December 1942
- Harding Army Air Field, Louisiana, c. 9 April 1943
- Waycross Army Air Field, Georgia, 23 August 1943
- Harris Neck Army Air Field, Georgia, 11 December 1943 – 1 May 1944[1]
Aircraft
[edit]- Vultee V-72 Vengeance, 1942
- Douglas A-24 Dauntless, 1942–1943
- North American A-36 Apache, 1943
- Bell P-39 Airacobra, 1943–1944
- Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, 1944[1]
References
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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. ISBN 0-912799-02-1. 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. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.
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