47th Liaison Squadron

47th Liaison Squadron
Active	1943–1948
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Liaison

The 47th Liaison Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Tactical Air Command, stationed at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. It was inactivated on August 25, 1948.

History

Lineage

• Constituted 47th Liaison Squadron on June 25, 1943

Activated on July 1, 1943

Inactivated on August 25, 1948

Assignments

Second Air Force 426th Reconnaissance Group, July 1, 1943 II Air Support Command (later II Tactical Air Division), August 11, 1943 United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe, April 4, 1944 Attached to: Headquarters Command, European Theater of Operations, US Army, until April 17, 1944 Attached to: First Army Group (FUSAG), April 17 – August 9, 1944

Ninth Air Force, April 25, 1944 Attached to: Twelfth Army Group, August 9, 1944 – August 1, 1945 Attached to: Headquarters Command, US Forces, European Theater [later Headquarters Command, European Command], during period August 1, 1945 – May 31, 1947 XII Tactical Air Command, November 23, 1945 10th Fighter Wing, February 1, 1946 64th Fighter Wing, March 4, 1946 XII Tactical Air Command, May 1, 1947 Tactical Air Command, June 25, 1947 – August 25, 1948.

Stations

Gainesville AAF, Tex July 1943 Brownwood AAF, Tex, September 25, 1943 Pollock AAF, La, November 24, 1943 – March 21, 1944 RAF Cheltenham, England, April 9, 1944 Heston, England, April 25, 1944 Flight at Colombieres, France, C. July 24 – c. August 10, 1944 St Sauveur-Lendelin, France, August 10, 1944 Laval, France, August 21, 1944

Buc, France, September 2, 1944 Verdun, France, September 17, 1944 Wiesbaden, Germany, May 5, 1945 Flights operated from several points in Germany and Austria during period July 21, 1945 – June 20, 1947 Rebstock, Germany, June 24, 1946 Langley Field, Va, June 25, 1947 – August 25, 1948.

Aircraft

• In addition to L-4 and L-5, included L-1, L-2, and L-3 during period 1943–1944
• Primarily L-5, 1944–1947.

Operations history

Primarily courier with army group headquarters in area to rear of front lines, May 1944 – May 1945. Not manned, June 1947 – August 1948.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

• 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.

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