500th Fighter-Bomber Squadron

500th Fighter-Bomber Squadron
Emblem of the 500th Fighter-Bomber Squadron
Active	1942-1944
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Air Forces
Type	Fighter-Bomber
Engagements	World War II

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.

History

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

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

• Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0-89201-097-5