The 652d Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with VIII Fighter Command, based at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. It was inactivated on 19 December 1945.
History
Lineage
Constituted 652d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy, Weather Reconnaissance) on 17 July 1944 Activated on 9 August 1944. Inactivated on 19 December 1945. See 352d Tactical Fighter Squadron for post World War II lineage.
Assignments
25th Bombardment Group (Reconnaissance), 9 August 1944
1st Air Division, 13 July 1945
3d Air Division, 25 August 1945
1st Air Division, 1 September 1945
3d Air Division, 12 October 1945
VIII Fighter Command, 1 November-19 December 1945
Attached to: 325th Reconnaissance Wing, 6 January-12 October 1945
Stations
RAF Watton, England, 9 August 1944
RAF Alconbury, England, 13 July 1945
RAF Raydon, England, 25 October– December 1945
Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, C. 17–19 December 1945.
Aircraft
B-24 Liberator, 1944
B-17 Flying Fortress, 1944¬1945.
Operations
Weather reconnaissance in ETO, 10 August 1944 – 26 September 1945.