28th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron

The 28th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 316th Bombardment Wing, being stationed at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa. It was inactivated on 29 May 1946.

History

Lineage

• Constituted as: 28th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron on 5 February 1943

Redesignated as: 28th Photographic Squadron (Light) on 6 February 1943

Activated on 1 May 1943

Redesignated as: 28th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron on 11 August 1943

Inactivated on 29 May 1946.

Assignments

• 7th Photographic (later Photographic Reconnaissance and Mapping) Group, 1 May 1943
• Third Air Force Photographic Unit Training Center

Attached to 2d Photographic Reconnaissance and Mapping Group, 21 June 1943

• III Reconnaissance Command, 15 August 1943
• 89th Reconnaissance Training Wing, 27 September 1943

Attached to 9th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, 16 November 1943

• Seventh Air Force, c. 16 January 1944

Attached to VII Fighter Command, 24 January 1944

VI Air Service Area Command

Attached to VII Fighter Command, 12 December 1944

• Seventh Air Force, 23 April 1945
• Eighth Air Force, 31 August 1945

316th Bombardment Wing, 15–29 May 1946.

Stations

• Peterson Field, Colorado, 1 May 1943
• Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma, 13 October 1943 – 1 January 1944
• Kipapa Airfield, Hawaii Territory, 16 January 1944

Detachment operated from: Kwajalein Airfield, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, 30 June – 24 September 1944

Detachment operated from: East Field, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 11 July 1944 – May 1945

Detachment operated from: Peleliu Airfield, Peleliu, Palau Islands, 5 October 1944 – April 1945

• Kualoa Airfield, Hawaii Territory, 9 October 1944

Detachment operated from Ie Shima Airfield, Okinawa, 23 April – 8 May 1945

• Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, 8 May 1945 – 29 May 1946

Detachment operated from Ie Shima Airfield, Okinawa, 14 May – 21 June 1945

Aircraft

• In addition to F-5, 1943–1946, included P-38 and F-4 in 1943 and A-24 in 1944.

Operational history

Combat in Central and Western Pacific, 4 July 1944 – August 1945. Participated in Eastern Mandates; Western Pacific; Ryukyus; Air Offensive, Japan; China Offensive campaigns.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

• 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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