810th Bombardment Squadron

810th Bombardment Squadron
Active	1943-1944
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Bombardment

The 810th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 472d Bombardment Group. It was inactivated at Clovis Army Air Field, New Mexico on 1 April 1944.

History

Established in mid-1943 to provide B-29 Superfortress crew training. Trained with both B-17s and B-29s. Inactivated in April 1944 with the dissolution of combat crew training.

Lineage

Constituted 810th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 19 May 1943

Activated on 1 Sep 1943

Redesignated 810th Bombardment Squadron (Very Heavy) on 1 Dec 1943

Disbanded 1 Apr 1944

Assignments

472d Bombardment Group, 1 Sep 1943-1 Apr 1944

Stations

Smoky Hill Army Airfield, Kansas, 1 Sep 1943
Clovis Army Air Field, New Mexico, 8 Dec 1943-1 Apr 1944

Aircraft

B-17 Flying Fortress, 1943-1944
B-29 Superfortress, 1943-1944

References

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

Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.

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