42nd Tactical Missile Squadron

2d Search Attack Squadron
Emblem of the 2d Search Attack Squadron
Active	1942-1944; 1953-1954
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Antisubmarine Warfare

The 42d Tactical Missile Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 1st Search Attack Group, based at Langley Field, Virginia. It was inactivated on 10 April 1944.

History

Tested electronic equipment and trained crews for its use in antisubmarine operations; antisubmarine patrols, July 1942 until late 1943. Not manned or equipped 1953-1954.

Lineage

• Constituted 2d Search Attack Squadron (Medium) on 8 June 1942

Activated on 17 June 1942

Redesignated: 2d Sea-Search Attack Squadron (Heavy) on 24 June 1943

Redesignated: 2d Search Attack Squadron (Heavy) on 22 November 1943

Disbanded on 10 April 1944.

• Reconstituted and consolidated (19 Sep 1985) with 942d Forward Air Control Squadron

Constituted as 942d Forward Air Control Squadron on 18 Mar 1953

Activated 20 Jun 1953

Inactivated on 8 Mar 1954

• Re-designated as 42d Tactical Missile Squadron on 19 Sep 1985 (Remained inactive)

Assignments

• 1st Sea-Search Attack Unit (later Search Attack Group), 17 June 1942 – 10 April 1944

Air echelon attached to I Bomber Command, 17-23 Apr 1942

Stations

• Langley Field, Virginia, 17 June 1942 – 10 April 1944

Operated from: NAS Key West, Florida, 17–23 August 1942

Operated from: Edinburgh Field, Trinidad, 20 September-21 October 1942

• Chunchon AB, South Korea, 20 Jun 1953-8 Mar 1954

Aircraft

• B-25 Mitchell, 1942
• B-18 Bolo, 1942–1943
• B-34 Ventura, 1943–1944

See also

• List of United States Air Force missile squadrons

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
• 42d Tactical Missile Squadron