84th Bombardment Squadron

The 84th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the post-World War II-era 47th Bombardment Wing, stationed at RAF Sculthorpe, England. It was inactivated on 22 June 1962.

History
Antisubmarine patrols, Dec 1941-Jan 1942. Combat in MTO, 22 Jan 1943 – 30 Apr 1945. Cold War NATO tactical bombardment squadron. See 47th Operations Group for extended history.

Lineage

 * Constituted as the 84th Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 20 Nov 1940
 * Activated on 15 Jan 1941
 * Redesignated 84th Bombardment Squadron, Light on 20 August 1943
 * Redesignated 84th Bombardment Squadron, Light (Night Intruder) on 16 April 1946
 * Redesignated 84th Bombardment Squadron, Light, Jet on 23 June 1948
 * Redesignated 84th Bombardment Squadron, Light c. 16 November 1950
 * Redesignated 84th Bombardment Squadron, Tactical on 1 October 1955
 * Discontinued, and inactivated, on 22 Jun 1962

Assignments

 * 47th Bombardment Group, 15 January 1941
 * Twelfth Air Force, 2 October 1949
 * Ninth Air Force, 17 October 1949 (attached to 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group)
 * Tactical Air Command, 1 August 1950 (attached to 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing after 1 September 1950)
 * 47th Bombardment Group, 12 March 1951
 * 47th Bombardment Wing, 8 February 1955 – 22 June 1962

Stations

 * McChord Field, Washington, 15 January 1941
 * Fresno Army Air Base, California, 11 August 1941
 * Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma, 17 February 1942
 * Greensboro Army Air Base, North Carolina, 16 July–c. 17 October 1942
 * Médiouna Airfield, French Morocco, c. 18 November 1942
 * Youks-les-Bains Airfield, Algeria, 6 January 1943
 * Canrobert Airfield, Algeria, 29 March 1943
 * Thelepte Airfield, Tunisia, 5 April 1943
 * Souk-el-Arba Airfield, Tunisia, 13 April 1943
 * Soliman Airfield, Tunisia, c. 1 June 1943
 * RAF Hal Far, Malta, 21 July 1943
 * Torrente Comunelli Airfield, Sicily, 10 August 1943
 * Gerbini Airfield, Sicily, 20 August 1943
 * Grottaglie Airfield, Italy, 24 September 1943
 * Vincenzo Airfield, Italy, 15 October 1943
 * Vesuvius Airfield, Italy, 11 January 1944


 * Capodichino Airport, Italy, 22 March 1944
 * Vesuvius Airfield, Italy, 25 April 1944
 * Ponte Galeria Airfield, Italy, 10 June 1944
 * Ombrone Airfield, Italy, 24 June 1944
 * Poretta Airfield, Corsica, 15 July 1944
 * Salon-de-Provence Air Base, France, 5 September 1944
 * Follonica Airfield, Italy, 22 September 1944
 * Rosignano Airfield, Italy, 4 October 1944
 * Grosseto Airfield, Italy 2 January 1945
 * Pisa Airfield, Italy, 17–22 June 1945
 * Seymour Johnson Field, North Carolina, c. 12 July 1945
 * Lake Charles Army Air Field, Louisiana, 9 September 1945
 * Biggs Field, Texas, 20 October 1946
 * Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, 19 November 1948
 * Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, 17 October 1949 – 21 May 1952
 * RAF Sculthorpe, England, 31 May 1952 – 22 June 1962

Aircraft

 * Douglas B-18 Bolo, 1941-1942
 * Douglas A-20 Havoc, 1942-1945
 * Douglas A-26 Invader (later B-26), 1945-1949
 * North American B-45 Tornado, 1949-1957
 * Douglas B-66 Destroyer, 1958-1962