788th Bombardment Squadron
The 788th Tactical Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. During World War II, as the 788th Bombardment Squadron, it was assigned to the 467th Bombardment Group as a Consolidated B-24 Liberator squadron in 1943. After training in the United States, it moved to the European Theater of Operations the following year. It saw combat until the surrender of Germany in May 1945, earning a French Croix de Guerre with Palm for its actions contributing to the liberation of France. From May to August 1944, the squadron was detached to the 801st Bombardment Group (Provisional) engaging in Operation Carpetbagger operations. After V-E Day, the squadron returned to the United States and transitioned into the Boeing B-29 Superfortress It was inactivated on 4 August 1946 at Clovis Arm
Wikipage redirect
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
primaryTopic
788th Bombardment Squadron
The 788th Tactical Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. During World War II, as the 788th Bombardment Squadron, it was assigned to the 467th Bombardment Group as a Consolidated B-24 Liberator squadron in 1943. After training in the United States, it moved to the European Theater of Operations the following year. It saw combat until the surrender of Germany in May 1945, earning a French Croix de Guerre with Palm for its actions contributing to the liberation of France. From May to August 1944, the squadron was detached to the 801st Bombardment Group (Provisional) engaging in Operation Carpetbagger operations. After V-E Day, the squadron returned to the United States and transitioned into the Boeing B-29 Superfortress It was inactivated on 4 August 1946 at Clovis Arm
has abstract
The 788th Tactical Fighter Squ ...... 5th Tactical Fighter Squadron.
@en
active years end year
active years start year
country
identification symbol
role
Bombardment,Fighter
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
Wikipage page ID
28,300,054
page length (characters) of wiki page
Wikipage revision ID
1,010,504,959
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
award date
May–August 1944
@en
award image
Croix de guerre WWII
@en
award name
award notes
caption
Squadron B-24 Liberators in combat formation
@en
dates
decorations
identification symbol
identification symbol 2 label
World War II fuselage code
@en
identification symbol label
image size
unit name
wikiPageUsesTemplate
subject
hypernym
comment
The 788th Tactical Fighter Squ ...... on 4 August 1946 at Clovis Arm
@en
label
788th Bombardment Squadron
@en
wasDerivedFrom
isPrimaryTopicOf
name
(later 788th Tactical Fighter Squadron)
@en
788th Bombardment Squadron
@en