367th Bombardment Squadron
military unit
The 367th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive unit of the United States Air Force, last stationed at McCoy Air Force Base, Florida, where it was inactivated on 1 July 1974.
The squadron was first activated in the spring of 1942, one of the original four squadrons of the 306th Bombardment Group. After training with Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, the squadron moved overseas and participated in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany, earning two Distinguished Unit Citations for its efforts. After the war the 367th remained in Europe with the occupation forces until inactivating in 1946.
It was activated again in 1947 as a medium bomber unit at MacDill Air Force Base, where it became one of the first units to receive the jet Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber. As the B-47 was being withdrawn from service, the squadron moved on paper to McCoy in April 1963, where it assumed the personnel and Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses of another squadron, which was inactivated.
History
World War II
Initial organization and training
The squadron was first established in March 1942 at Gowen Field, Idaho, as the 367th Bombardment Squadron, one of the original four squadrons of the 306th Bombardment Group. In April, its personnel moved to Wendover Field, Utah, where it began training with Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers. On 1 August 1942, the squadron's ground echelon began its deployment, spending a week at Richmond Army Air Base, Virginia before moving to Fort Dix, New Jersey at the Port of Embarkation. It sailed on the RMS Queen Elizabeth on 30 August, arriving in Scotland on 5 September 1942.
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