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377th Bombardment Group

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the following month to control its forces operating over the Atlantic. The group's squadrons were all renamed as antisubmarine squadrons in late November. The command's bombardment group headquarters, including the 377th, were inactivated and the group's squadrons were assigned directly to the 25th
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and assumed its mission, personnel and equipment. It was equipped with the various observation aircraft flown by the 59th, but its squadrons would finally convert to
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Department of the Air Force/MPM Letter 648q, 31 July 1985, Subject: Reconstitution, Redesignation, and Consolidation of Selected Air Force Organizations
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518th Bombardment Squadron (later 13th Antisubmarine Squadron), 18 October-9 December 1942 (attached to
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units operating along the Atlantic coast of the United States. Shortly after it was organized,
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519th Bombardment Squadron (later 14th Antisubmarine Squadron), 18 October-9 December 1942
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517th Bombardment Squadron (later 12th Antisubmarine Squadron), 18 October-9 December 1942
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516th Bombardment Squadron (later 11th Antisubmarine Squadron), 18 October-9 December 1942
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bombers shortly after the 377th was inactivated. only one of the group's squadrons, the
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Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command, 18 October 1942–9 December 1942
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Fort Dix Army Air Base, New Jersey, 18 October 1942 – 9 December 1942
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says the squadron was assigned to the 377th Group, but in
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was inactivated. In 1985, the group was redesignated the
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Index


104th Observation Squadron
United States
United States Air Force
AAF Antisubmarine Command
Antisubmarine
headquarters
antisubmarine
Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command
squadrons
25th Antisubmarine Wing
group
group
59th Observation Group
Fort Dix Army Air Field
North American B-25 Mitchell
516th Bombardment Squadron
517th Bombardment Squadron
Atlantic City Airport
518th Bombardment Squadron
Grenier Field
519th Bombardment Squadron
Hyannis Naval Auxiliary Air Facility
Army Air Forces
Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command
25th Antisubmarine Wing
Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command
Douglas O-46
North American O-47
Stinson O-49 Vigilant

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