339th Bombardment Squadron

The 339th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.  Its last was assigned to the 96th Bombardment Wing, stationed at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas.  It was inactivated on 15 March 1963.

History
Established as a B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber squadron; trained under Second Air Force. Deployed to European Theater of Operations (ETO), assigned to VIII Bomber Command in England, Flew combat missions over Nazi Germany and Occupied Europe until the German capitulation in May 1945.

Activated as a reserve B-29 Superfortress squadron, 1947.  Not equipped or manned; inactivated due to budget reductions, 1949.

Reactivated in 1953 as a Strategic Air Command B-47 Stratojet squadron.  Performed global deployments and training until inactivated in 1963.  With the phaseout of the B-47 the training aircraft sent to storage at Davis–Monthan and the squadron was inactivated.

Lineage
 Constituted 339th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 28 January 1942
 Activated on 15 July 1942
 Inactivated on 19 December 1945
 Redesignated 339th Bombardment Squadron (Very Heavy) on 13 May 1947
 Activated in the reserve on 29 May 1947
 Inactivated on 27 June 1949
 Redesignated 339th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 6 November 1953
 Activated on 18 November 1953.
 Inactivated on 15 March 1963.

Assignments
 96th Bombardment Group, 15 July 1942 – 15 December 1945
 96th Bombardment Group, 29 May 1947
 384th Bombardment Group, 8 October 1947 – 27 June 1949
 96th Bombardment (later Strategic Aerospace) Wing, 18 November 1953 – 15 March 1963

Stations

 Salt Lake City Army Air Base, Utah, 15 July 1942
 Gowen Field, Idaho, 6 August 1942
 Walla Walla Army Air Base, Washington, 16 August 1942
 Rapid City Army Air Base, South Dakota, 29 September 1942
 Pocatello Army Airfield, Idaho, 1 November 1942
 Pyote Army Air Base, Texas, 3 January-16 April 1943

 RAF Great Saling (AAF-485), England, 12 May 1943
 RAF Snetterton Heath (AAF-138), England, 12 June 1943 – 11 December 1945
 Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, 17–19 December 1945
 Jackson Army Air Base, Mississippi, 29 May 1947 – 27 June 1949
 Altus AFB, Oklahoma, 18 November 1953

Aircraft
 B-17 Flying Fortress, 1943–1945
 B-47 Stratojet, 1955–1963

References

External links

Category:Bombardment squadrons of the United States Air Force
Category:Military units and formations in Oklahoma
Category:Bombardment squadrons of the United States Army Air Forces
Category:Military units and formations established in 1942