• Source: 84th Bombardment Squadron

The 84th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the post-World War II-era 47th Bombardment Wing, stationed at RAF Sculthorpe, England. It was inactivated on 22 June 1962.




History


Antisubmarine patrols, Dec 1941-Jan 1942. Combat in MTO, 22 Jan 1943 – 30 Apr 1945. Cold War NATO tactical bombardment squadron. See 47th Operations Group for extended history.




Lineage


Constituted as the 84th Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 20 Nov 1940
Activated on 15 Jan 1941
Redesignated 84th Bombardment Squadron, Light on 20 August 1943
Redesignated 84th Bombardment Squadron, Light (Night Intruder) on 16 April 1946
Redesignated 84th Bombardment Squadron, Light, Jet on 23 June 1948
Redesignated 84th Bombardment Squadron, Light c. 16 November 1950
Redesignated 84th Bombardment Squadron, Tactical on 1 October 1955
Discontinued, and inactivated, on 22 Jun 1962




= Assignments

=
47th Bombardment Group, 15 January 1941
Twelfth Air Force, 2 October 1949
Ninth Air Force, 17 October 1949 (attached to 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group)
Tactical Air Command, 1 August 1950 (attached to 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing after 1 September 1950)
47th Bombardment Group, 12 March 1951
47th Bombardment Wing, 8 February 1955 – 22 June 1962




= Stations

=




= Aircraft

=
Douglas B-18 Bolo, 1941-1942
Douglas A-20 Havoc, 1942-1945
Douglas A-26 Invader (later B-26), 1945-1949
North American B-45 Tornado, 1949-1957
Douglas B-66 Destroyer, 1958-1962




References






= Notes

=




= Bibliography

=
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-02-1. LCCN 61060979. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
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.
Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947-1977 (PDF). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9. Retrieved 17 December 2016.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• 84th Bombardment Squadron
• List of United States Air Force bomb squadrons
• Sculthorpe Training Area
• 84th Combat Sustainment Group
• 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron
• Mission Delta 2
• 100th Air Refueling Wing
• 47th Flying Training Wing
• 47th Operations Group
• 444th Bombardment Squadron