HISTORY AND LINEAGE OF THE 84TH SQUADRON

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LINEAGE

Constituted 84th Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 2o Nov 194o. Activated on 15 Jan 3 1941. Redesignated 84th Bombardment Squadron (Tactical) on 1 Oct 1955. Discontinued, and inactivated, on 22 Jun 1962. Redesignated 84th Flying Training Squadron and activated on 22 March 1972

ASSIGNMENTS

47th Bombardment Group, 15 Jan 1941; Twelfth Air Form, 2 Oct 1949; Ninth Air Force (attached to 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group), 17 Oct 1949; Tactical Air Command, 1 Aug 1950 (attached to 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 1 Sep 1950); 47th Bombardment Group, 12 Mar 1951; 47th Bombardment Wing, 8 Feb 1955-22 Jun 1962.

STATIONS

MeChord Field, Wash, 15 Jan 1941; Fresno, Calif, 11 Aug 1941; Will Rogers Field, Okla, 17 Feb 1942; Greensboro, NC, 16 Jul-17 Oct 1942; Mediouna, French Morocco, c. 18 Nov 1942; Youks-les-Bains, Algeria, 6 Jan 1943; Canrobert, Algeria, 29 Mar 1943; Thelepte, Tunisia, 5 Apl 1943; Souk-el-Arba, Tunisia, 13 Apr 1943; Soliman, Tunisia, c. 1 Jun 1943; Malta, 21 Jul 1943; Torrente Comunelli, Sicily, 10 Aug 1943; Gerbini, Sicily, 20 Aug 1943; Grottaglie, Italy, 21 Sep 1943; Vincenzo Airfield, Italy, 15 Oct 1943; Vesuvius Airfield, Italy, 11 Jan 1944; Capodichino, Italy, 22 Mar 1944; Vesuvious Airfield, Italy, 25 Apr 1944; Ponte Galeria, Italy, 10 Jun 1944; Ombrone Airfield, Italy, 24 Jun 1944; Poretta, Corsica, 15 Jul 1944; Salon, France, 5 Sep 1944; Follonica, Italy, 22 Sep 1944; Rosignano Airfield, Italy, 4 Oct 1944; Grosseto, Italy, 2 Jan 1945; Pisa, Italy, 17-22 Jun 1945; Seymour Johnson Field, NC, c. 12 Jul 1945; Lake Charles AAFld, La, 9 Sep 1945; Biggs Field, Tex, 2o Oct 1946; Barksdale AFB, La, 19 Nov 1948; Langley AFB, Va, 17 Oct 1949-21 May 1952; Sculthorp, England, 31 May1952-22 Jun 1962.

AIRCRAFT

B-18, 1941-1942; A-20, 1942-1945; A-26 (Later B-26), 1945-1949; B-45, 1949;

B-45, 1954-1957; B-66, 1958-1962.

OPERATIONS

Antisubmarine patrols, Dec 1941-Jan 1942. Combat in MTO, 22 Jan 1943-30 Apr 1945.

SERVICE STREAMERS

None.

CAMPAIGNS

Antisubmarine, American Theater; Algeria-French Morocco; Tunisia; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Anzio; Rome-Arno; Southern France; North Apennines; Po Valley; Air Combat EAME Theater.

DECORATIONS

Distinguished Unit Citations: North Africa, 22 Feb 1943; Po Valley, 21-24 Apr 1945. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: 1 Jul 1958-30 Jun 1960.

EMBLEM

Upon a golden disc edged in red a red devil with white horns courant, white speed lines trailing and carrying over his right shoulder a black drop bomb. (Approved 9 September 1942.)