752d Bombardment Squadron

752d Bombardment Squadron
250px Emblem of the 752d Bombardment Squadron
Active	1943-1945
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Air Forces
Type	Bombardment

B-24J-165-CO Liberator 44-40475 "Jolly Roger" On the bomb run over Bielfeld, Germany on February 24, 1945.

The 752d Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 458th Bombardment Group stationed at March Field, California.

History

Established as a B-24 Liberator strategic bombardment squadron in early 1943. Trained under Second Air Force. Deployed to European Theater of Operations and assigned to Eighth Air Force, 2d Bombardment Division. Performed strategic bombardment of enemy targets over European continent, February 1944 - July 1945. Most squadron personnel demobilized in Europe and returned to the United States.

Re-manned and re-equipped with B-29 Superfortress Very Heavy bomber and trained for deployment to Pacific, however war ended before unit could be deployed. Assigned to Continental Air Forces, however inactivated in October 1945.

Lineage

• Constituted 752d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 19 May 1943

Activated on 1 July 1943

Redesignated 752d Bombardment Squadron (Very Heavy) on 5 August 1945

Inactivated on 17 October 1945.

Assignments

• 458th Bombardment Group, 1 July 1943-17 October 1945.

Stations

• Wendover Field, Utah, 1 July 1943
• Gowen Field, Idaho, 28 July 1943
• Kearns Center, Utah, 10 September 1943
• Wendover Field, Utah, 15 September 1943
• Tonopah Army Airfield, Nevada, 4 November 1943-1 January 1944
• RAF Horsham St. Faith, England, 1 February 1944-3 July 1945
• Sioux Falls Army Air Field, South Dakota, 15 July 1945
• Walker Army Airfield, Kansas, 25 July 1945
• March Field, California, 22 August-17 October 1945.

Aircraft

• B-24 Liberator, 1943–1945
• B-29 Superfortress, 1945

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.