491st Fighter-Bomber Squadron

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.

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