491st Fighter-Bomber Squadron
491st Fighter-Bomber Squadron | |
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Active | 1942-1944 |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Army Air Forces |
Type | Fighter/Fighter-Bomber |
The 491st Fighter-Bomber Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 84th Fighter Group stationed at Harding Army Airfield, Louisiana. It was inactivated on 1 April 1944.
History
Lineage
- Constituted as: 304th Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 13 January 1942
- Activated on 10 February 1942
- Redesignated as: 491st Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 10 August 1943
- Disbanded on 1 April 1944.
Assignments
- 84th Bombardment (later Fighter-Bomber) Group, 10 February 1942 – 1 April 1944.
Stations
- Hunter Field, Georgia, 10 February 1942
- Drew Field, Florida, 8 February 1943
- Harding AAF, Louisiana, 4 October 1943 – 1 April 1944.
Aircraft
- V-72, 1942
- A-24, 1942–1943
- P-39, 1943
- P-47, 1943-1944.
Operations history
Operational/Replacement training unit, 1942–1944
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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