491st Fighter-Bomber Squadron

The 491st Fighter-Bomber Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 84th Fighter Group stationed at Harding Army Airfield, Louisiana. It was inactivated on 1 April 1944.

491st Fighter-Bomber Squadron
Active1942-1944
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Army Air Forces
TypeFighter/Fighter-Bomber

History

Lineage
  • Constituted as: 304th Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 13 January 1942
Activated on 10 February 1942
Redesignated as: 491st Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 10 August 1943
Disbanded on 1 April 1944.

Assignments
  • 84th Bombardment (later Fighter-Bomber) Group, 10 February 1942 – 1 April 1944.

Stations
  • Hunter Field, Georgia, 10 February 1942
  • Drew Field, Florida, 8 February 1943
  • Harding AAF, Louisiana, 4 October 1943 – 1 April 1944.

Aircraft
  • V-72, 1942
  • A-24, 1942–1943
  • P-39, 1943
  • P-47, 1943-1944.

Operations history

Operational/Replacement training unit, 1942–1944

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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