| 703d Bombardment Squadron | |
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Emblem of the 703d Bombardment Squadron |
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| Active | 1943-1949 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Type | Bombardment |
The 703d Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 452d Bombardment Group, stationed at Fresno Air Base, California. It was inactivated on 27 June 1949.
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Established as a B-24 Liberator heavy bomber squadron in early 1943; trained under Second Air Force. Deployed to England in late 1943 and assigned to the XIII Bomber Command 2d Bombardment Wing. Performed strategic bombing missions over Nazi Germany and Occupied Europe, receiving a DUC for a mission of Gotha, Germany on 24 February 1944. Personnel demobilized in England in May 1945; unit returned to the United States and prepared to be reformed as a B-29 Superfortress squadron, however was inactivated in September without personnel or equipment.
Activated in the reserve, 1948, never manned or equipped and inactivated June 1949.
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