635th Bombardment Squadron
Encyclopedia
The 635th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force
unit. Briefly active during World War II Its last assignment was with 407th Bombardment Group stationed at Amchitka Army Airfield
, Alaska Territory
.
on 23 March 1943 and assigned to 407th Bombardment Group from 28 March-15 August 1943 at Drew Field, Florida. The squadron was equipped with A-24B Banshee dive bombers.
After the invasion of the Aleutian Islands, it was attached to the Eleventh Air Force
and operated from Amchitka Army Airfield
in Alaska from 19 July 1943. The squadron was engaged in combat while on detached duty flying against the Japanese-held island of Kiska
. Was singular dive-bomber squadron in the Aleutian Campaign.
The squadron was inactivated in Alaska and disbanded on 15 August 1943
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. Briefly active during World War II Its last assignment was with 407th Bombardment Group stationed at Amchitka Army Airfield
Amchitka Army Airfield
Amchitka Army Airfield is an abandoned airfield located near Amchitka, in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands in southwest Alaska.-History:The airfield was used as a transit base by USAAF/RCAF for the defense of Dutch Harbor....
, Alaska Territory
Alaska Territory
The Territory of Alaska was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from August 24, 1912, until January 3, 1959, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Alaska...
.
History
The squadron was activated in Florida as part of III Bomber CommandIII Bomber Command
The III Bomber Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Third Air Force stationed at MacDill Field, Florida. It was inactivated on 8 April 1946.-Lineage:...
on 23 March 1943 and assigned to 407th Bombardment Group from 28 March-15 August 1943 at Drew Field, Florida. The squadron was equipped with A-24B Banshee dive bombers.
After the invasion of the Aleutian Islands, it was attached to the Eleventh Air Force
Eleventh Air Force
The Eleventh Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces . It is headquartered at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska....
and operated from Amchitka Army Airfield
Amchitka Army Airfield
Amchitka Army Airfield is an abandoned airfield located near Amchitka, in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands in southwest Alaska.-History:The airfield was used as a transit base by USAAF/RCAF for the defense of Dutch Harbor....
in Alaska from 19 July 1943. The squadron was engaged in combat while on detached duty flying against the Japanese-held island of Kiska
Kiska
Kiska is an island in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska located at . It is about long and varies in width from - Discovery :...
. Was singular dive-bomber squadron in the Aleutian Campaign.
The squadron was inactivated in Alaska and disbanded on 15 August 1943