652d Bombardment Squadron

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652d Bombardment Squadron
Emblem of the 652d Bombardment Squadron
Active	1944-1945
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Air Force
Type	Weather Reconnaissance
Engagements	World War II

The 652d Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with VIII Fighter Command, based at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. It was inactivated on 19 December 1945.

History

Lineage

Constituted 652d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy, Weather Reconnaissance) on 17 July 1944

Activated on 9 August 1944.

Inactivated on 19 December 1945.

See 352d Tactical Fighter Squadron for post World War II lineage.

Assignments

25th Bombardment Group (Reconnaissance), 9 August 1944
1st Air Division, 13 July 1945
3d Air Division, 25 August 1945
1st Air Division, 1 September 1945
3d Air Division, 12 October 1945
VIII Fighter Command, 1 November-19 December 1945

Attached to: 325th Reconnaissance Wing, 6 January-12 October 1945

Stations

RAF Watton, England, 9 August 1944
RAF Alconbury, England, 13 July 1945
RAF Raydon, England, 25 October– December 1945
Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, C. 17–19 December 1945.

Aircraft

B-24 Liberator, 1944
B-17 Flying Fortress, 1944¬1945.

Operations

Weather reconnaissance in ETO, 10 August 1944 – 26 September 1945.

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

325th Air Division, Reconnaissance AFRHA Fact Sheet

External links

USAAF Eighth Air Force in World War II

Stations

United Kingdom

Okinawa

Units

Commands

Air Divisions

Wings

Bombardment	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 12th 316th
Fighter	6th 65th 66th 67th 301st

Groups

Bombardment	34th 44th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 100th 301st 303rd 305th 306th 310th 319th 320th 322nd 323rd 333rd 346th 351st 379th 381st 382nd 383rd 384th 385th 386th 387th 388th 389th 390th 392nd 398th 401st 445th 446th 447th 448th 452nd 453rd 457th 458th 466th 467th 482nd 486th 487th 489th 490th 491st 492nd 493rd 801st (Provisional)
Fighter	1st 4th 14th 20th 31st 48th 55th 56th 78th 318th 339th 350th 352nd 353rd 354th 355th 356th 357th 358th 361st 362nd 364th 413th 479th 495th 496th 507th
Troop Carrier	60th 62nd 315th
Reconnaissance	3rd 7th 25th 67th

United States Army Air Forces