35th Bombardment Squadron

The 35th Bombardment Squadron a United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 322d Bombardment Group, based at Phillips Field, Beltsville, Maryland. It was inactivated on on 27 June 1949.

History

Lineage

• Constituted 35th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 22 December 1939^[1]

Activated on 1 February 1940.

Redesignated 35th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 7 May 1942

Disbanded on 20 June 1944

• Reconstituted, and redesignated 35th Bombardment Squadron (Light), on 26 May 1947

Activated in the reserve on 13 July 1947

Inactivated on 27 June 1949.

Assignments

• 25th Bombardment Group, 1 February 1940-20 June 1944^[2]
• Eleventh Air Force, 13 July 1947
• 322d Bombardment Group, 30 September 1947-27 June 1949.

Stations

• Langley Field, Virginia, February-26 October 1940
• Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico, 31 October 1941
• Coolidge Field, Antigua, 11 November 1941
• Zandery Field, Surinam, 1 November 1942

Detachment operated from: Atkinson Field, British Guiana, 1 November 1942-c. 7 October 1943

Detachment operated from: Port of Spain, Trinidad, 27 August-12 October 1943

• Vernam Field, Jamaica, c. 7 October 1943
• Trinidad, 7 February-24 March 1944
• Alamogordo AAF, New Mexico, April-20 June 1944
• Phillips Field, Maryland, 13 July 1947-27 June 1949

Aircraft

• Northrop A-17^[1]
• B-18 Bolo, 1941–1943^[1]
• B-25 Mitchell, 1943–1944^[1]

Operations

Antisubmarine patrols in Caribbean after 7 December 1941.

Notes

References

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

• Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0-89201-097-5
• Conaway, William. "VI Bomber Command In Defense Of The Panama Canal 1941 - 45". Planes and Pilots Of World War Two. http://www.planesandpilotsofww2.totalh.com/panama/panama.htm. 

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