848th Strategic Missile Squadron
The 848th Strategic Missile Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 703d Strategic Missile Wing. It was inactivated at Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado on 21 Jul 1961.
History
Established as a B-24 Liberator heavy bomber squadron in mid-1943; trained under Second Air Force in the northwestern United States. Deployed to European Theater of Operations (ETO) in April 1944. Engaged in strategic bombardment raids over Occupied Europe and Nazi Germany, attacking enemy military and industrial targets until the German capitulation in May, 1945.
Most of squadron personnel demobilized in Europe, small cadre of personnel returned B-17s to the United States and reformed as a unit in Florida. Programmed for conversion to a B-29 Superfortress heavy bombardment squadron and deployment to Central Pacific Area (CPA) for strategic bombardment raids over the Japanese Home Islands; however never re-equipped and was inactivated after the Japanese Capitulation in November 1945.
Reactivated by Strategic Air Command in 1960 as a HGM-25A Titan I ICBM launch squadron, however never fully manned and ICBMs never made operational. Inactivated, personnel and equipment reassigned to 724th Strategic Missile Squadron.
Lineage
- Constituted 848th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 14 Sep 1943
- Activated on 1 Oct 1943
- Inactivated on 7 Nov 1945
- Redesignated 848th Strategic Missile Squadron and activated, on 29 Feb 1960
- Organized on 1 Aug 1960 with activation of parent Wing
- Discontinued and inactivated on 1 Jul 1961
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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
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