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|unit_name= 15th Bombardment Squadron |
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|dates= 1939-1943 |
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|country= United States |
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|branch= [[United States Army Air Force]] |
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|role= Bombardment |
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The '''15th Bombardment Squadron''' is an inactive [[United States Air Force]] unit. Its last assignment was with the [[Twelfth Air Force]], based at Nouvion, [[Algeria]]. It was inactivated on 1 October 1943 |
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== History== |
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=== Lineage=== |
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* Constituted '''15th Bombardment Squadron (Light)''' on 22 Dec 1939 |
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: Activated on 1 Feb 1940 |
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: Redesignated: '''1st Pursuit Squadron (Night Fighter)''' on 1 Apr 1942 |
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: Redesignated: '''15th Bombardment Squadron (Light)''' on 7 May 1942 |
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: Disbanded on 1 Oct 1943. |
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===Assignments=== |
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* [[27th Bombardment Group]], 1 Feb 1940 |
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* [[V Air Support Command]], 14 Oct 1941–unknown |
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* [[VIII Bomber Command]], 14 May 1942 |
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* [[Twelfth Air Force]], 14 Sep 1942-1 Oct 1943 |
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: Atttached to Northwest African Training Command, 18 Feb 1943 |
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===Stations=== |
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* [[Barksdale Field]], [[Louisiana]], 1 Feb 1940 |
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* [[Lawson Field]], [[Georgia (U.S. State)|Georgia]], 7 Oct 1940 |
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* [[McGuire AFB|Fort Dix AAF]], [[New Jersey]], 8 Dec 1941 |
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: Operated from [[Mitchel Field]], [[New York]], 8-15 Dec 1941 |
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* [[Lawson Field]], [[Georgia (U.S. State)|Georgia]], Feb-18 Apr 1942 |
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* [[RAF Grafton Underwood]], [[England]], 14 May 1942 |
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* [[RAF Molesworth]], [[England]], 9 Jun 1942 |
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* [[RAF Podington]], [[England]], 13 Sep 1942 |
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* Tebessa, [[Algeria]], 13 Nov 1942 |
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* [[Tafaraoui Airfield]], [[Algeria]], 10 Dec 1942 |
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* Youks-les-Bains, [[Algeria]], 22 Dec 1942 |
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* [[Nouvion Airfield]], [[Algeria]], Feb 1943 |
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* Sale, [[French Morocco]], May 1943 |
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* Nouvion, [[Algeria]], 1 Oct 1943. |
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===Aircraft=== |
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[[Image:8AFHQ-boston3-bovington.jpg|thumb|RDB-7B (RAF Douglas A-20C-1-DO Havoc Boston III), Serial AL672, shown as a staff communications aircraft for 8th AF HQ at [[RAF Bovingdon]]. Prior to its use by 8th AF, this aircraft was originally used to equip the 15th Bombardment Squadron (Light) and used on [[4 July]] [[1942]] a low-level attack on [[Luftwaffe]] airfields in the [[Netherlands]] in the first [[VIII Bomber Command]] attack on occupied Europe.]] |
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* [[A-18 Shrike]], 1940 |
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* [[A-20 Havoc]], 1941-1943 |
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* [[DB-7 Boston]], 1942 |
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* [[A-36 Apache]], 1943. |
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=== Operational History === |
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Performed Antisubmarine patrols over New Jersey and New York coastal waters, Dec 1941–Jan 1942. Inaugurated AAF operations in ETO with a mission from England to Holland on 4 July 1942. Combat in ETO and MTO, 4 Jul 1942–c. Jan 1943. |
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== References== |
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{{User:NDCompuGeek/templates/Template:AFHRA}} |
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* Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0892010924. |
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== External links == |
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{{portal|United States Air Force|Seal of the US Air Force.svg}} |
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{{portalpar|Military of the United States|Flag of the United States.svg|65}} |
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{{USAAF 12th Air Force World War II}} |
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{{USAAF 8th Air Force UK}} |
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{{USAAF 3d Air Force World War II}} |
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[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1942]] |
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[[Category:Military units and formations of the United States in World War II]] |
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