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572d Bombardment Squadron
Active1943-1945
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Air Force
TypeBombardment

The 572d Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 391st Bombardment Group, stationed at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia. It was inactivated on 29 October 1945.

History

Formed under III Bomber Command in early 1943 as a B-26 Marauder medium bomber squadron. Trained for duty in Europe with Ninth Air Force. Engaged in combat beginning in early 1944, attacked tactical targets in France, Low Countries and Germany supporting Allied ground forces advancing after D-Day in Northern France Campaign and the Western Allied invasion of Germany, 1945. Received A-26 Invaders in April 1945, however did not use in combat. After V-E Day, demobilized personnel while stationed in France during the summer of 1945, inactivated as a paper unit in Virginia, October 1945.

Lineage

  • Constituted 572d Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 15 Jan 1943
Activated on 21 Jan 1943
Re-designated 572d Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 23 Jun 1945
Inactivated on 29 Oct 1945

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References

Public Domain 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. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.
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