507th Bombardment Squadron
| 507th Bombardment Squadron | |
|---|---|
 Emblem of the 507th Bombardment Squadron | |
| Active | 1944-1946 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Type | Bombardment |
The 507th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 333d Bombardment Group, stationed at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa. It was inactivated on 28 May 1946.
History
Established as a B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomb squadron in 1944. Trained under Second Air Force; deployed to the Western Pacific, being assigned to the new Eighth Air Force. Arrived in Okinawa but Japanese Capitulation led to drawdown of Eighth Air Force and the squadron never was engaged in combat.
Flew show-of-force missions over Occupied Japan and aircraft helped evacuate prisoners of war from Japan and China to airfields in the Philippines. Personnel demobilized and aircraft flown to storage in the United States in May 1946 and the unit was inactivated as a paper unit in Okinawa on 28 May.
Lineage
- Constituted 507th Bombardment Squadron (Very Heavy) on 28 February 1944
- Activated on 11 March 1944
- Inactivated on 10 May 1944
- Activated on 7 July 1944
- Inactivated on 28 May 1946
Assignments
- 504th Bombardment Group, 11 March-10 May 1944 (Not Manned or equipped)
- 333d Bombardment Group, 7 July 1944-28 May 1946
Stations
- Dalhart Army Airfield, Texas, 11 March 1944
- Fairmont Army Airfield, Nebraska, 12 March-10 May 1944
- Dalhart Army Airfield, Texas, 7 July 1944
- Great Bend Army Airfield, Kansas, 10 December 1944-18 June 1945
- Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, 5 August 1945-28 May 1946
Aircraft
- B-29 Superfortress, 1944–1946
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
- Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.