588th Bombardment Squadron

588th Bombardment Squadron
	Emblem of the 588th Bombardment Squadron
Active	1943-1944
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Bombardment Training

The 588th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 395th Bombardment Group, stationed at Ardmore Army Air Field, Oklahoma. It was inactivated on 1 April 1944.

History

The unit was established as a B-17 Flying Fortress Operational Training Unit (OTU) as part of Second Air Force. It was inactivated in April 1944 as part of the phaseout of B-17 training.

Lineage

Constituted 588th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 29 January 1943

Activated on 16 February 1943

Inactivated on 1 April 1944

Assignments

395th Bombardment Group, 16 February 1943 – 1 April 1944

Stations

Ephrata Army Air Base, Washington, 16 February 1943
Ardmore Army Air Field, Oklahoma, 25 October 1943 – 1 April 1944

Aircraft

B-17 Flying Fortress, 1943–1944

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. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.

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