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The 13th Aero Squadron was formed at Camp Kelly (later Kelly Field), Texas, on 14 June 1917.. 13th Aero Squadron – SPAD XIII, Souilly Aerodrome, France. 1918. The "Devil’s Own Grim Reapers" as they came to be known was a Pursuit (Fighter) squadron on the Western Front in France during 1918, flying the French SPAD S.XIII.
As antisubmarine warfare assets were realigned to meet the growing threat in the North Atlantic, the 13th Group moved to Westover Field, Massachusetts in January 1942. [2] The following month, the 3d Reconnaissance Squadron was assigned to the group, and, in April, became the 393d Bombardment Squadron. [6]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Squadron emblems of the United States Air Force. This is a list of United States Air Force Bomb Squadrons. It covers all squadrons that were constituted or redesignated as bombardment squadron sometime during their active service. Today Bomb Squadrons are considered to be part of the Combat Air Force (CAF) along with fighter squadrons. Units in this list ...
Re-constituted in the Army Air Service as the 13th Squadron (Attack) on 14 March 1921; Consolidated with 13th Aero Squadron, 16 October 1936, Currently: 13th Bomb Squadron, Whiteman AFB, Missouri [34] [45] [46] 105th Aero Squadron: 27 August 1917 AEF: 8 December 1917 – 27 April 1919 Service Squadron Demobilized: 8 May 1919 [46]
13th Light Bomber Squadron a World War II unit of the Hellenic Air Force; No. 13 Squadron RAF, a unit of the United Kingdom Royal Air Force; 13th Bomb Squadron, a unit of the United States Air Force; 13th Fighter Squadron, a unit of the United States Air Force; 13th Reconnaissance Squadron, a unit of the United States Air Force
On 16 October 1936 the squadron was re-constituted, and consolidated with the United States Army Air Corps 13th Attack Squadron. Today, the current United States Air Force unit which holds its lineage and history is the 13th Bomb Squadron, assigned to the 509th Operations Group, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. [9]
Groups. 5th Bombardment Group, 13 January 1943 – 15 December 1945 [3]; 11th Bombardment Group, 9 November 1943 – 15 March 1946; 42d Bombardment Group, 22 April 1943 – 25 December 1945 (attached to 308th Bombardment Wing, c. 24 August 1944; 310th Bombardment Wing, 3 September 1944; Thirteenth Air Task Force, c. 15 September 1944; XIII Fighter Command, 1 October 1944; XIII Bomber Command ...
Formerly 349th Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Group. The planes flown by the 868th were often called SB-24s and sometimes LABs (Low Altitude Bomber). They were equipped with SRC-717-B search and navigation radar. Formed into 868th Bomb Squadron in January 1944 and operated independently within the 13th AF.