47th Liaison Squadron

The 47th Liaison Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Tactical Air Command, stationed at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. It was inactivated on August 25, 1948.

Lineage

 * Constituted 47th Liaison Squadron on June 25, 1943
 * Activated on July 1, 1943
 * Inactivated on August 25, 1948

Assignments

 * Second Air Force
 * 426th Reconnaissance Group, July 1, 1943
 * II Air Support Command (later II Tactical Air Division), August 11, 1943


 * United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe, April 4, 1944
 * Attached to: Headquarters Command, European Theater of Operations, US Army, until April 17, 1944
 * Attached to: First Army Group (FUSAG), April 17 – August 9, 1944


 * Ninth Air Force, April 25, 1944
 * Attached to: Twelfth Army Group, August 9, 1944 – August 1, 1945
 * Attached to: Headquarters Command, US Forces, European Theater [later Headquarters Command, European Command], during period August 1, 1945 – May 31, 1947
 * XII Tactical Air Command, November 23, 1945
 * 10th Fighter Wing, February 1, 1946
 * 64th Fighter Wing, March 4, 1946
 * XII Tactical Air Command, May 1, 1947


 * Tactical Air Command, June 25, 1947 – August 25, 1948.

Stations

 * Gainesville AAF, Tex July 1943
 * Brownwood AAF, Tex, September 25, 1943
 * Pollock AAF, La, November 24, 1943 – March 21, 1944
 * RAF Cheltenham, England, April 9, 1944
 * Heston, England, April 25, 1944
 * Flight at Colombieres, France, C. July 24 – c. August 10, 1944


 * St Sauveur-Lendelin, France, August 10, 1944
 * Laval, France, August 21, 1944


 * Buc, France, September 2, 1944
 * Verdun, France, September 17, 1944
 * Wiesbaden, Germany, May 5, 1945
 * Flights operated from several points in Germany and Austria during period July 21, 1945 – June 20, 1947


 * Rebstock, Germany, June 24, 1946
 * Langley Field, Va, June 25, 1947 – August 25, 1948.

Aircraft

 * In addition to L-4 and L-5, included L-1, L-2, and L-3 during period 1943–1944
 * Primarily L-5, 1944–1947.

Operations history
Primarily courier with army group headquarters in area to rear of front lines, May 1944 – May 1945. Not manned, June 1947 – August 1948.