467th Bombardment Squadron
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The 467th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

 unit. Its last was assigned to the 333d Bombardment Group
333d Bombardment Group
The 333d Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 316 Bombardment Wing, stationed at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa. It was inactivated on 28 May 1946-History:...

, stationed at Dalhart Army Air Field, Texas
Texas
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. It was inactivated on 1 April 1944

History

Established as a B-24 Liberator heavy bomb group in July 1942. Assigned to Second Air Force as an operational training unit, providing replacement crew training for pilots and aircraws. Inactivated in 1944 with the phaseout of B-24 crew training.

Lineage

  • Constituted 467th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 9 July 1942
Activated on 15 July 1942
Inactivated on 1 April 1944

Stations

  • Salt Lake City Army Air Base, Utah
    Utah
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    , 15 July 1942
  • Topeka Army Air Base, Kansas
    Kansas
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    , c. 21 August 1942
  • 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...

    , 22 February 1943-1 April 1944
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