500th Fighter-Bomber Squadron

The 500th Fighter-Bomber Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 85th Fighter-Bomber Group stationed at Harris Neck Army Air Field, 1eorgia. It was inactivated on 1 May 1944.

History
Participated in air-ground maneuvers, October 1942— April 1943, and afterward served as a replacement training unit until 1 May 1944

Lineage

 * Constituted as the 306th Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 13 January 1942
 * Activated on 10 February 1942
 * Redesignated 306th Bombardment Squadron (Dive) on 27 July 1942
 * Redesignated 500th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 10 August 1943
 * Disbanded on 1 May 1944

Assignments

 * * 85th Bombardment Group (later 85th Fighter-Bomber Group), 10 February 1942 – 1 May 1944

Stations

 * Army Air Base, Savannah, Georgia, 10 February 1942
 * Bowman Field, Kentucky, c. 16 February 1942
 * Hunter Field, Georgia, 8 June 1942
 * Waycross Army Air Field, Georgia, 15 August 1942
 * Gillespie Field, Tennessee, 3 October 1942
 * Blythe Army Air Base, California, 2 November 1942
 * Rice Army Air Field, California, c. 11 December 1942
 * Harding Army Air Field, Louisiana, c. 9 April 1943
 * Waycross Army Air Field, Georgia, 23 August 1943
 * Harris Neck Army Air Field, Georgia, 11 December 1943 – 1 May 1944

Aircraft

 * Vultee V-72 Vengeance, 1942
 * Douglas A-24 Dauntless, 1942–1943
 * North American A-36 Apache, 1943
 * Bell P-39 Airacobra, 1943–1944
 * Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, 1944