585th Bombardment Squadron

585th Bombardment Squadron
Emblem of the 585th Bombardment Squadron
Active	1943–1946
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Bombardment

The 585th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 394th Bombardment Group, stationed at Bolling Field, District of Columbia. It was inactivated on 31 March 1946.

History

Activated as a B-26 Marauder medium bombardment squadron in mid-1943. Trained under Third Air Force and deployed to European Theater of Operations in March 1944. Initially being stationed in England and assigned to IX Bomber Command,

Engaged in tactical bombardment of enemy targets in Occupied Europe initially from stations in England, then after D-Day, moved to Advanced Landing Grounds in France and Belgium; advancing eastward as Allied ground forces advanced. Supported Eighth Air Force strategic bombardment missions over Nazi Germany and Occupied Europe; striking enemy airfields to obtain maximum interference in Luftwaffe day interceptor attacks on heavy bomber formations returning to England. Also participated in Western Allied Invasion of Germany, March–April 1945, combat ending with German Capitation in May 1945.

Became part of the United States Air Forces in Europe performing occupation duty in Germany while squadron demobilized personnel in 1945. Squadron reassigned to the United States as a paper unit, inactivated in March 1946.

Lineage

Constituted 585th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 15 February 1943

Activated on 5 March 1943

Redesignated 585th Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 3 December 1945

Inactivated on 31 March 1946.

Assignments

394th Bombardment Group, 5 March 1943 – 31 March 1946.

Stations

MacDill Field, Florida, 5 March 1943
Ardmore Army Air Field, Oklahoma, 12 July 1943
Kellogg Army Airfield, Michigan, 23 August 1943 – 15 February 1944
RAF Boreham (AAF-161), England, 10 March 1944
RAF Holmsley South (AAF-455), England, 24 July 1944
Tour-en-Bessin Airfield (A-13), France, 20 August 1944

Tour-en-Bessin Airfield (A-13), France, 25 September 1944
Cambrai/Niergnies Airfield (A-74), France, 8 October 1944
Venlo Airfield (Y-55), Netherlands, 5 May 1945
AAF Station Kitzingen, Germany, 21 September 1945 – 15 February 1946
Bolling Field, District of Columbia, 15 February-31 March 1946.

Aircraft

B-26 Marauder, 1943–1945
A-26 Invader, 1945–1946

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 (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.

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