The 465th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force

United States Air Force

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 unit. Its last was assigned to the 415th Bombardment Group

415th Bombardment Group

The 415th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Second Air Force, being stationed at Dalhart Army Air Field, Texas. It was inactivated on 5 April 1944....

, stationed at Dalhart Army Airfield, Texas

Texas

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. It was inactivated on 5 April 1944.

History

Activated in mid-1942 as a light bombardment squadron. Reassigned as an operational training and demonstration unit, December 1942-March 1944; replacement training unit, March-April 1944.

Lineage

• Constituted 465th Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 7 July 1942

Activated on 13 July 1942

Disbanded on 5 April 1944

Assignments

• 27th Bombardment Group, 13 July 1942
• III Air Support Command
  III Air Support Command
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  , 21 November 1942
• Army Air Forces School of Applied Tactics, c. 22 January 1943
• 415th Bombardment Group
  415th Bombardment Group
  The 415th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Second Air Force, being stationed at Dalhart Army Air Field, Texas. It was inactivated on 5 April 1944....
  
  , 23 March 1943-5 April 1944

Stations

• Key Field
  Key field
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  , Mississippi
  Mississippi
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  , 13 July 1942
• Hattiesburg Army Airfield, Mississippi
  Mississippi
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  , 15 August 1942
• Harding Army Air Field, Louisiana
  Louisiana
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  , 26 October 1942
• Alachua Army Airfield, Florida
  Florida
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  , 24 January 1943
• Montbrook Army Air Field, Florida
  Florida
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  , c. 19 November 1943
• Orlando Army Air Base, Florida
  Florida
  Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
  
  , 2 March 1944
• Dalhart Army Air Field, Texas
  Texas
  Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
  
  , 19 March-5 April 1944.