588th Bombardment Squadron

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.

588th Bombardment Squadron
Emblem of the 588th Bombardment Squadron
Active1943-1944
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Air Force
TypeBombardment Training

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

Stations

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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