page_title: 347th Bombardment Squadron
section_title: Lineage
hierarchical_section_title: 347th Bombardment Squadron / History / Lineage
caption_attribution_description: English: Emblem of the 347th Bombardment Squadron (World War II)
context_page_description: The 347th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 4047th Strategic Wing. It was inactivated at McCoy Air Force Base, Florida on 1 April 1963.
  During World War II, the 347th Bombardment Squadron was a B-17 Flying Fortress squadron, assigned to the 99th Bombardment Group, Fifteenth Air Force. It earned two Distinguished Unit Citations.
context_section_description: Constituted 347th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 28 January 1942
  Activated on 1 June 1942
  Inactivated on 8 November 1945
  Re-designated 347th Bombardment Squadron (Very Heavy) on 13 May 1947
  Activated in the reserve on 29 May 1947
  Inactivated on 27 June 1949
  Re-designated 347th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (Heavy), and activated, on 1 January 1953.
  Re-designated 347th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 1 October 1955
  Discontinued, and inactivated on 1 April 1963; personnel/aircraft/equipment redesignated as 367th Bombardment Squadron
caption: World War II unit emblem
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