339th Bombardment Squadron

339th Combat Crew Training Squadron
Emblem of the 339th Bombardment Squadron
Active	1942-1963
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Bombardment

The 339th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 96th Bombardment Wing, stationed at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. It was inactivated on 15 March 1963.

History

Established as a B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber squadron; trained under Second Air Force. Deployed to European Theater of Operations (ETO), assigned to VIII Bomber Command in England, Flew combat missions over Nazi Germany and Occupied Europe until the German capitulation in May 1945.

Activated as a reserve B-29 Superfortress squadron, 1947. Not equipped or manned; inactivated due to budget reductions, 1949.

Reactivated in 1953 as a Strategic Air Command B-47 Stratojet squadron. Performed global deployments and training until inactivated in 1963. With the phaseout of the B-47 the training aircraft sent to storage at Davis-Monthan and the squadron was inactivated.

Lineage

• Constituted 339th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 28 January 1942

Activated on 15 July 1942

Inactivated on 19 December 1945

• Redesignated 339th Bombardment Squadron (Very Heavy) on 13 May 1947

Activated in the reserve on 29 May 1947

Inactivated on 27 June 1949

• Redesignated 339th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 6 November 1953

Activated on 18 November 1953.

Inactivated on 15 March 1963.

Assignments

• 96th Bombardment Group, 15 July 1942 – 15 December 1945
• 96th Bombardment Group, 29 May 1947
• 384th Bombardment Group, 8 October 1947 – 27 June 1949
• 96th Bombardment (later Strategic Aerospace) Wing, 18 November 1953 – 15 March 1963

Stations

• Salt Lake City Army Air Base, Utah, 15 July 1942
• Gowen Field, Idaho, 6 August 1942
• Walla Walla Army Air Base, Washington, 16 August 1942
• Rapid City Army Air Base, South Dakota, 29 September 1942
• Pocatello Army Airfield, Idaho, 1 November 1942
• Pyote Army Air Base, Texas, 3 January-16 April 1943

• RAF Great Saling (AAF-485), England, 12 May 1943
• RAF Snetterton Heath (AAF-138), England, 12 June 1943 – 11 December 1945
• Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, 17–19 December 1945
• Jackson Army Air Base, Mississippi, 29 May 1947 – 27 June 1949
• Altus AFB, Oklahoma, 18 November 1953

Aircraft

• B-17 Flying Fortress, 1943–1945
• B-47 Stratojet, 1955–1963

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.