词条 | 435th Bombardment Squadron |
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|unit_name= 435th Bombardment Squadron | image= 435thbombsquadron.jpg | image_size = 250 |caption= Emblem of the 435th Bombardment Squadron |dates= 1942–1946 |country= United States |allegiance= |branch= United States Army Air Forces |type= |role= Bombardment |size= |command_structure= |garrison= |ceremonial_chief= |nickname= |patron= |motto= |colors= |march= |mascot= |battles= |decorations= |anniversaries= |notable_commanders= }} The 435th Bombardment Squadron, also known as the "Kangaroo" Squadron,[1] is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Eighth Air Force 333d Bombardment Group, based at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa. It was inactivated on May 28, 1946. HistoryFormed in Australia in early 1942 by a combination of Fifth Air Force personnel and B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft that escaped from the Philippines and replacement aircraft that reached Australia from Hawaii and via the South Atlantic air ferry route from Florida, and arriving in Western Australia. As the 40th Reconnaissance Squadron, the squadron evacuated General Douglas MacArthur and President Manuel Quezon from Del Monte Field in the Philippine Islands in March 1942. Redesignated as 435th Bombardment Squadron and engaged in strategic bombardment of enemy targets in New Guinea; Coral Sea and Solomon Islands from Northern Queensland. Withdrawn from combat in November 1942 when the B-17C/E models in Australia were replaced by long-range B-24 Liberators, and the unit was returned to the United States and became an operational training unit with II Bomber Command for replacement B-17 personnel. In April 1945, re-equipped with B-29 Superfortresses and assigned to Eighth Air Force on Okinawa during August 1945. Never engaged in combat due to Japanese Capitulation in August 1945. Remained on Okinawa until inactivated in May 1946. Lineage
Redesignated 435th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on April 22, 1942 Inactivated on April 1, 1944.
Inactivated on May 10, 1944
Inactivated on May 28, 1946. Assignments
Attached to Allied Air Forces, c. July 17 – c. September 24, 1942
Stations
Aircraft
See also{{Portal|United States Air Force|Military of the United States}}
References{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}1. ^http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/usaaf/435th.htm
External links{{USAAF 5th Air Force World War II}} 3 : Bombardment squadrons of the United States Air Force|Bombardment squadrons of the United States Army Air Forces|Military units and formations established in 1942 |
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