847th Bombardment Squadron

847th Bombardment Squadron
Active	1942-1945
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Anti-Submarine, Bombardment

The 847th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 489th Bombardment Group, based at Great Bend Army Air Field, Kansas. It was inactivated on 28 March 1945.

History

Lineage

• Constituted 32d Reconnaissance Squadron (Heavy) on 28 Jan 1942

Redesignated: 421st Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 22 Apr 1942

Activated on 15 Jul 1942

Redesignated: 20th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy) On 8 Feb 1943

Redesignated: 847th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 5 Oct 1943

Inactivated on 28 Mar 1945.

Assignments

• 304th Bombardment Group, 15 Jul 1942
• Newfoundland Base Command, 6 Nov 1942
• Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command, 8 Feb 1943
• 489th Bombardment Group, 13 Oct 1943-28 Mar 1945.

Stations

• Salt Lake City AAB, Utah, 15 Jul 1942
• Geiger Field, Washington, 15 Sep 1942
• Ephrata, Washington, 1 Oct 1942
• RCAF Station Torbay, Newfoundland, 29 Oct 1942
• Mitchel Field, New York, 25 Jun 1943
• Casper AAF, Wyoming, 13 Oct 1943
• Wendover Field, Utah, 16 Dec 1943-3 Apr 1944
• RAF Halesworth, England, C. 22 Apr-29 Nov 1944
• Bradley Field, Connecticut, 13 Dec 1944
• Lincoln AAF, Nebraska, 17 Dec 1944
• Great Bend AAF, Kansas, 23 Feb-28 Mar 1945.

Aircraft

• DB-7 Boston, 1942-1943
• A-20 Havoc, 1942-1943
• Grumman OA-12, 1942-1943
• B-17 Flying Fortress, 1942-1943
• B-24 Liberator, 1943-1944
• B-29 Superfortress, 1945

Operational History

Antisubmarine patrols, 1942-1943. Combat in ETO, 30 May-10 Nov 1944.

References

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

• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0892010924.