813th Fighter-Bomber Squadron

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813th Fighter-Bomber Squadron
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Emblem of the World War II 813th Bombardment Squadron
Active 1943-1957
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
Type Fighter-Bomber

The 813th Fighter-Bomber Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with 482d Fighter-Bomber Group stationed at Dobbins Air Force Base, Georgia.

History

Activated in England in 1943 as an Eighth Air Force heavy bomber pathfinder group, flying RADAR-equipped B-17s that preceded bomber formations flying from England to Germany and indicated targets such as airfields, submarine installations, and marshalling yards obscured by weather. Squadron's aircraft were assigned individually to various groups during combat missions. Returned to United States after the end of the war in Europe, but inactivated in California in 1945.

Trained in the Reserve as a heavy bombardment group, June 1947-June 1949; as a troop carrier group, June–December 1952; and as a fighter-bomber group flying various fighter and trainer aircraft, July–November 1957

Lineage

  • Constituted 813th Bombardment Squadron (Pathfinder) on 10 August 1943
Activated on 20 August 1943, assuming personnel, aircraft and equipment of the 325th Bombardment Squadron
Redesignated 813th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 11 November 1944
Inactivated on 1 September 1945
  • Redesignated 813th Bombardment Squadron (Very Heavy) on 5 September 1947
Activated in the reserve on 24 September 1947
Inactivated on 27 June 1949
  • Redesignated 813th Troop Carrier Squadron (Medium) on 26 May 1952
Activated in the reserve on 14 June 1952
Inactivated on 1 December 1952
  • Redesignated 813th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 28 February 1957
Activated in the reserve on 8 July 1957
Inactivated on 16 November 1957.

Assignments

Stations

Aircraft

References

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

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