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771st Bombardment Squadron
Active1943-1944
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Army Air Force
RoleBombardment
EngagementsWorld War II

The 771st Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 462d Bombardment Group, based at Piardoba Airfield, India. It was inactivated on 12 October 1944.

History

Established in early 1943 as one of the first B-29 Superfortress squadron; however no B-29s were yet available for operational use. Trained with B-24 Liberators and B-17 Flying Fortresses throughout 1943. Received early model B-29s and prototype YB-29s beginning in August 1943, however aircraft were still undergoing development and were frequently modified by Boeing technicians in the field while the squadron was undergoing training in Kansas.

Deployed to India in early 1944; several aircraft breaking down en route via South Atlantic Transport route from Florida to Brazil then to Liberia; across central Africa and Arabia, arriving in Karachi, India in March 1944. Arrived at converted B-24 airfield in eastern India in mid-April 1944. Aircraft still undergoing modifications while transporting munitions and fuel to forward airfield in central China; staging first attacks on Japanese Home Islands since the 1942 Doolittle Raid. Lack of logistical support limited number of attacks on Japan from Chinese staging airfields; squadron also attacked strategic enemy targets in Thailand; Indochina and Malay Peninsula.

Squadron inactivated by special order of XX Bomber Command with personnel and equipment merged into other group squadrons in October 1944

Operations and Decorations

  • Combat Operations: Combat in CBI, 5 Jun-26 Sep 1944.
  • Campaigns: India-Burma; Air Offensive, Japan; China Defensive.

Lineage

  • Constituted 771st Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 19 May 1943
Activated on 1 July 1943
Redesignated 771st Bombardment Squadron (Very Heavy) on November 1943
Inactivated on 12 October 1944

Assignments

Stations

Kuinglai (Linqiong) Airfield (A-4), China designated as forward staging base.

Aircraft

References

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

  • Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.
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