4th Antisubmarine Squadron
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4th Antisubmarine Squadron
| 4th Antisubmarine Squadron | |
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 Emblem of the 4th Antisubmarine Squadron |
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| Active | 1941-1943 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Role | Anti-Submarine |
The 4th Antisubmarine Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 479th Antisubmarine Group, based at RAF Podington, England. It was inactivated on 11 November 1943.
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History
Lineage
- Constituted 40th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 20 November 1940
- Activated on 15 January 1941
- Redesignated 4th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy) on 29 November 1942
- Disbanded on November 1943.
Assignments
- 13th Bombardment Group, 15 January 1941
- An air echelon was attached to the: Caribbean Sea Frontier, United States Navy, 30 August-9 October 1942 and 16 October-15 November 1942
- An air echelon was attached to the: 99th Bombardment Squadron, 9–16 October 1942
- 25th Antisubmarine Wing, 30 November 1942
- Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command, 8 June 1943
- 479th Antisubmarine Group, 8 July-11 November 1943.
Stations
- Langley Field, Virginia, 15 January 1941
- Orlando AAB, Florida, 7 June 1941
- Westover Field, Massachusetts, 22 January 1942
- Langley Field, Virginia, 16 June 1942
- Mitchel Field, New York, 3 August 1942-c. 6 June 1943
- An air echelon operated from: Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, 30 August-14 September 1942
- An air echelon operated from: Vernam Field, Jamaica, 14 September-6 October 1942
- An air echelon operated from: Edinburgh Field, Trinidad, 6–9 October 1942
- An air echelon operated from: Zandery Field, Surinam, 9–16 October 1942
- An air echelon operated from: Vernam Field, Jamaica, 16 October-15 November 1942
- RCAF Station Gander, Newfoundland, c. 8–23 June 1943
- RAF St Eval, England, 30 June 1943
- RAF Dunkeswell, England, 6 August-November 1943
- RAF Podington, England, November-11 November 1943.
Aircraft
- B-18 Bolo, 1941–1943
- B-24 Liberator, 1943.
Operational history
The squadron was originally organized in early 1941 as the 40th Bombardment Squadron, a First Air Force bombardment squadron equipped with B-18 Bolos.
After the United States entered World War II the group was ordered to search for German U-Boats and to fly aerial coverage of friendly convoys off the northeast Atlantic, protecting the Boston and New York City shipping lanes.
Deployed to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba and attached to United States Navy Caribbean Sea Frontier to patrol northern Caribbean waters, then to USAAF Antilles Task Force operating from airfields in Jamaica, Trinidad and Surinam during 1942 flying antisubmarine missions.
Redesignated 4th Antisubmarine Squadron and assigned to AAF Antisubmarine Ccmmand 25th Antisubmarine Wing in November 1942 and returned to Mitchel Field, New York before being reassigned to Newfoundland, flying antisubmarine patrols over the Grand Banks and North Atlantic shipping lanes performing convoy escort patrols.
Reassigned to 479th Antisubmarine Group in Southwest England in July 1943 and flew killer hunts against German U-Boats in the Bay of Biscay off the western coast of France from Brest south to the Spanish border. Along this part of the occupied French coast were major Kriegsmarine U-Boat bases at Brest, Lorient, Saint-Nazaire, La Rochelle (La Pallice) and Bordeaux.
Air echelon inactivated in late October 1943 with aircraft being reassigned to the United States Navy after inactivation of USAAF Antisubmarine Command. Squadron personnel reassigned to Eighth Air Force units as replacement personnel.
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
- Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
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