713th Fighter-Bomber Squadron

713th Fighter-Bomber Squadron

Emblem of the World War II 713th Bombardment Squadron
Active 1943-1957
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
Type Fighter-Bomber

The 713th Fighter-Bomber Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 448th Fighter-Bomber Group, stationed at Davis Field, Oklahoma. It was inactivated on 16 November 1957.

History

Activated in mid-1943 as a B-24 Liberator heavy bomb squadron, trained under Second Air Force. Deployed to England in the European Theater of Operations (ETO) during November 1943, assigned to VIII Bomber Command as a strategic bombardment squadron. Participated in the air offensive over Nazi Germany and Occupied Europe until German capitulation in May 1945. Personnel demobilized in England and returned to the United States; squadron reassigned to Second Air Force and re-equipped with B-29 Superfortresses, being trained for deployment to Pacific Theater. Japanese capitulation canceled deployment and was assigned to Fort Worth AAF, Texas as Continental Air Forces, later Strategic Air Command squadron. Budget and personnel shortages led to inactivation in August 1946.

Activated in the postwar reserve as a B-29 squadron. Trained for proficiency as part of Strategic Air Command reserve forces. Activated as a result of Korean War in 1951, squadron's aircraft and personnel reassigned to Far East Air Force Bomber Command, inactivated as a paper unit.

Reactivated as a reserve F-86 fighter bomber group in 1955. Inactivated 1957.

Lineage

Activated on 1 May 1943
Redesignated 713th Bombardment Squadron (Very Heavy) on 5 August 1945
Activated in the reserve on 12 July 1947
Redesignated 713th Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 27 June 1949
Ordered to active service on 17 March 1951
Inactivated on 21 March 1951
Activated in the reserve on 8 November 1955
Inactivated on 16 November 1957

Assignments

Stations

Aircraft

References

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