500th Fighter-Bomber Squadron

The 500th Fighter-Bomber Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 85th Fighter-Bomber Group stationed at Harris Neck Army Airfield, Georgia. It was inactivated on 1 May 1944.

Lineage

 * Constituted 306th Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 13 January 1942
 * Activated on 10 February 1942
 * Redesignated: 306th Bombardment Squadron (Dive) on 27 July 1942
 * Redesignated: 500th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 10 August 1943
 * Disbanded on 1 May 1944.

Assignments

 * 85th Bombardment (later Fighter-Bomber) Group, 10 February 1942 – 1 May 1944.

Stations

 * Savannah AAB, Georgia, 10 February 1942
 * Bowman Field, Kentucky, c. 16 February 1942
 * Hunter Field, Georgia, 8 June 1942
 * Waycross AAF, Georgia, 15 August 1942
 * Gillespie Field, Nashville, Tennessee, 3 October 1942
 * Blythe AAB, California, 2 November 1942
 * Rice AAF, California, c. 11 December 1942
 * Harding AAF, Louisiana, c. 9 April 1943
 * Waycross AAF, Georgia, 23 August 1943
 * Harris Neck AAF, Georgia, 11 December 1943 – 1 May 1944

Aircraft

 * V-72 Vengeance, 1942
 * A-24 Dauntless, 1942–1943
 * North American A-36, 1943
 * P-39 Aircobra, 1943–1944
 * P-40 Warhawk, 1944

Operations history
Participated in air-ground maneuvers, October 1942— April 1943, and afterward served as a replacement training unit until 1 May 1944