500th Fighter-Bomber Squadron

500th Fighter-Bomber Squadron

Emblem of the 500th Fighter-Bomber Squadron
Active 1942-1944
Country United States
Branch United States Army Air Forces
Type Fighter-Bomber
Engagements World War II

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 Airfield, Georgia. It was inactivated on 1 May 1944.

History

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.

Assignments

Stations

Aircraft

Operations history

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

References

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