The 652d Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with VIII Fighter Command, based at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. It was inactivated on 19 December 1945.
History Lineage Constituted 652d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy, Weather Reconnaissance) on 17 July 1944 Activated on 9 August 1944. Inactivated on 19 December 1945. See 352d Tactical Fighter Squadron for post World War II lineage.
Assignments 25th Bombardment Group (Reconnaissance), 9 August 1944 1st Air Division, 13 July 1945 3d Air Division, 25 August 1945 1st Air Division, 1 September 1945 3d Air Division, 12 October 1945 VIII Fighter Command, 1 November – 19 December 1945 Attached to: 325th Reconnaissance Wing, 6 January – 12 October 1945
Stations RAF Watton, England, 9 August 1944 RAF Alconbury, England, 13 July 1945 RAF Raydon, England, 25 October – December 1945 Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, C. 17–19 December 1945.
Aircraft B-24 Liberator, 1944 B-17 Flying Fortress, 1944¬1945.
Operations Weather reconnaissance in ETO, 10 August 1944 – 26 September 1945.
References
325th Air Division, Reconnaissance AFRHA Fact Sheet
External links