47th Liaison Squadron

47th Liaison Squadron
Active	1943–1948
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Liaison

The 47th Liaison Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Tactical Air Command, stationed at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. It was inactivated on August 25, 1948.

History

Lineage

• Constituted 47th Liaison Squadron on June 25, 1943

Activated on July 1, 1943

Inactivated on August 25, 1948

Assignments

• Second Air Force

426th Reconnaissance Group, July 1, 1943

II Air Support Command (later II Tactical Air Division), August 11, 1943

• United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe, April 4, 1944

Attached to: Headquarters Command, European Theater of Operations, US Army, until April 17, 1944

Attached to: First Army Group (FUSAG), April 17 – August 9, 1944

• Ninth Air Force, April 25, 1944

Attached to: Twelfth Army Group, August 9, 1944 – August 1, 1945

Attached to: Headquarters Command, US Forces, European Theater [later Headquarters Command, European Command], during period August 1, 1945 – May 31, 1947

XII Tactical Air Command, November 23, 1945

10th Fighter Wing, February 1, 1946

64th Fighter Wing, March 4, 1946

XII Tactical Air Command, May 1, 1947

• Tactical Air Command, June 25, 1947 – August 25, 1948.

Stations

• Gainesville AAF, Tex July 1943
• Brownwood AAF, Tex, September 25, 1943
• Pollock AAF, La, November 24, 1943 – March 21, 1944
• RAF Cheltenham, England, April 9, 1944
• Heston, England, April 25, 1944

Flight at Colombieres, France, C. July 24 – c. August 10, 1944

• St Sauveur-Lendelin, France, August 10, 1944
• Laval, France, August 21, 1944

• Buc, France, September 2, 1944
• Verdun, France, September 17, 1944
• Wiesbaden, Germany, May 5, 1945

Flights operated from several points in Germany and Austria during period July 21, 1945 – June 20, 1947

• Rebstock, Germany, June 24, 1946
• Langley Field, Va, June 25, 1947 – August 25, 1948.

Aircraft

• In addition to L-4 and L-5, included L-1, L-2, and L-3 during period 1943–1944
• Primarily L-5, 1944–1947.

Operations history

Primarily courier with army group headquarters in area to rear of front lines, May 1944 – May 1945. Not manned, June 1947 – August 1948.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from 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.