464th Bombardment Squadron

The 464th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with 382d Bombardment Group stationed at Camp Anza, California. It was inactivated on 4 January 1946.

History
Activated in mid 1942 as heavy bomber Operational Training Unit (OTU), later becoming a Replacement Training Unit (RTU) for deployed combat units, assigned to II Bomber Command. Inactivated in April 1944 when heavy bomber training ended.

Redgesignated as a B-29 Superfortress very heavy bombardment Squadron in August 1944; trained under Second Air Force. Training considerably delayed due to equipment shortages, received B-29 aircraft in Salina, Kansas in late spring 1945. Ground echelon deployed to Northern Mariana Islands by ship in early August 1945; air echelon remained at last training base in Kansas after Japanese Capitulation. Ground echelon remained in Marianas supporting other units aircraft and demobilization; air echelon demobilized with new B-29 aircraft remaining in Kansas, eventually being assigned to postwar units. Entire unit inactivated by December 1945.

Lineage

 * Constituted 464th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 1 July 1942
 * Activated on 6 July 1942
 * Inactivated on 1 April 1944


 * Redesignated 464th Bombardment Squadron (Very Heavy) on 4 August 1944
 * Activated on 19 September 1944
 * Inactivated on 4 January 1946.

Assignments

 * 331st Bombardment Group, 6 July 1942-1 April 1944
 * 382d Bombardment Group, 19 September 1944-4 January 1946.

Stations

 * Salt Lake City Army Air Base, Utah, 6 July 1942
 * Casper Army Air Field, Wyoming, 15 September 1942-1 April 1944.
 * Dalhart Army Air Field, Texas, 19 September 1944
 * Smoky Hill Army Airfield, Kansas, 11 December 1944-1 August 1945
 * Guam, 8 September 1945 (ground echelon only; air echelon remained in US until inactivation)
 * Tinian, c. Oct-15 December 1945 (ground echelon only)
 * Camp Anza, California, 28 December 1945-4 January 1946.

Aircraft

 * Combination of B-17 Flying Fortress, B-24 Liberator, and B-25 Mitchell used for training, 1944–1945
 * B-29 Superfortress, Received in late spring, 1945.