434th Bombardment Squadron

434th Bombardment Squadron
Active	1940-1946
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Bombardment

The 434th Bombardment Squadronm is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 12th Bombardment Group, stationed at Fort Lawton, Washington. It was inactivated on 22 January 1946

History

Patrols over the Pacific from west coast, Dec 1941-Feb 1942 and 24 May-24 Jun 1942; combat in MTO, 28 Aug 1942-30 Jan 1944, and in CBI, 27 Apr 1944-21 May 1945.

Lineage

• Constituted 19th Reconnaissance Squadron (Light) on 20 Nov 1940

Activated on 15 Jan 1941

Redesignated: 94th Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 14 Aug 1941

Redesignated: 94th Reconnaissance Squadron (Medium) on 30 Dec 1941

Redesignated: 434th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 22 Apr 1942

Inactivated on 22 Jan 1946.

Assignments

• 12th Bombardment Group: attached 15 Jan 1941; assigned 14 Aug 1941-22 Jan 1946.

Stations

• McChord Field, Wash, 15 Jan 1941
• Esler Field, La, 27 Feb-3 Jul 1942

Operated from Stockton Field, Calif, 24 May-24 Jun 1942

• Ismailia, Egypt, 14 Aug 1942
• LG 88, Egypt, 29 Sep 1942
• Gambut, Libya, 5 Dec 1942
• Magrun LG, Libya, 14 Dec 1942
• Gambut, Libya, 17 Dec 1942
• Castel Benito, Libya, 16 Feb 1943
• El Assa, Libya, 8 Mar 1943
• Medenine, Tunisia, 3 Apr 1943
• Sfax, Tunisia, 17 Apr 1943
• Hergla, Tunisia, 2 Jun 1943

• Ponte Olivo, Sicily, 2 Aug 1943
• Gerbini, Sicily, 22 Aug 1943
• Foggia, Italy, 2 Nov 1943
• Gaudo Airfield, Italy, 18 Jan-6 Feb 1944
• Kurmitola, India, 21 Mar 1944
• Madhaiganj Airfield, India, 13 Jun 1944
• Comilla, India, 21 Jul 1944
• Fenny, India, 27 Nov 1944

Operated from Magwe, Burma, 5-24 May 1945

• Pandaveswar, India, 17 Sep 1945
• Karachi, India, 22 Nov-24 Dec 1945
• Ft. Lawton, Wash, 21-22 Jan 1946

Aircraft

• B-18, 1941-1942
• B-23, 1941-1942
• B-25, 1942-1945
• A-26, 1945

References

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