page_title: 872d Bombardment Squadron
hierarchical_section_title: 872d Bombardment Squadron
caption_attribution_description: English: 497th Bombardment Group B-29 Formation
context_page_description: The 872d Bombardment Squadron is the former name of the 872d Air Expeditionary Squadron, a provisional unit of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to United States Air Forces Europe to activate or inactivate as needed.
  The squadron was first activated in November 1943 as the 872d Bombardment Squadron, one of the original squadrons of the 497th Bombardment Group. It was inactivated in May 1944 when Boeing B-29 Superfortress groups of the Army Air Forces were reorganized to have three, rather than four, squadrons. It was activated again in September 1944 as part of the 382d Bombardment Group. Although the squadron's ground echelon deployed to the Pacific, its air echelon remained in the United States until it was inactivated in January 1946.
context_section_description: The 872d Bombardment Squadron is the former name of the 872d Air Expeditionary Squadron, a provisional unit of the United States Air Force.  It is assigned to United States Air Forces Europe to activate or inactivate as needed.
  The squadron was first activated in November 1943 as the 872d Bombardment Squadron, one of the original squadrons of the 497th Bombardment Group.  It was inactivated in May 1944 when Boeing B-29 Superfortress groups of the Army Air Forces were reorganized to have three, rather than four, squadrons.  It was activated again in September 1944 as part of the 382d Bombardment Group.  Although the squadron's ground echelon deployed to the Pacific, its air echelon remained in the United States until it was inactivated in January 1946.
caption: 497th Bomb Group B-29 Formation
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