479th Bombardment Squadron

479th Bombardment Squadron
	Emblem of the 479th Bombardment Squadron
Active	1942-1944
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Bombardment

The 479th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 336th Bombardment Group, stationed at Lake Charles Army Air Field, Louisiana. It was inactivated on 1 May 1944.

History

Established by III Bomber Command as a B-26 Marauder training squadron.

Lineage

Constituted 479th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 9 July 1942

Activated on 15 July 1942

Inactivated on 1 May 1944

Assignments

336th Bombardment Group (Medium), 15 July 1942 – 1 May 1944

Stations

MacDill Field, Florida, 15 July 1942
Fort Myers Army Airfield, Florida, 10 August 1942
Avon Park Army Air Field, Florida, 13 December 1942
MacDill Field, Florida, 13 October 1943
Lake Charles Army Air Field, Louisiana, 6 November 1943 – 1 May 1944

Aircraft

B-26 Marauder, 1942–1944

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References

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

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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