Patch Scan: Courtesy of Donald Eubank
_{21st Bomb Squadron}

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Lineage

20 Nov 1940 – Constituted 21st Bombardment Squadron (Heavy)
15 Jan 1941 – Activated
 1 Nov 1943 – Disbanded

15 Jan 1941 – 30th Bombardment Group
9 Jan 42 – Sep 43 – Operated under the control of the 28th Composite Group
18 Oct – 1 Nov 43 – Second Air Force

15 Jan 1941 – March Field, Ca
22 May 1941 – New Orleans, La
8 – 14 Dec 1941 – Detachment operated from Savannah, Ga
25 Dec 1941 – Muroc, Ca
11 Feb – 20 Aug 1942 – March Field, Ca
10 May – 16 Jun 1942 – Detachment operated from San Diego, Ca
28 May – 7 Jun 1942 – Detachment operated from Los Angeles, Ca
28 May – 7 Jun 1942 – Detachment operated from McChord Field, Wa
28 May – 7 Jun 1942 – Detachment operated from Hamilton Field, Ca
11 Jun 1942 – Air Echelon operated from Umnak, Ak
3 Sep 1942 – ca 19 Sep 1943 – Umnak, Ak
21 Sep – 15 Nov 1942 – Operated from Adak, Ak
ca 16 Dec 1942 – Unknown – Operated from Adak, Ak
18 Feb – 13 Aug 1943 - Operated from Adak, Ak
18 Feb – Jul 1943 – Operated from Amchitka, Ak
ca 27 Jul – ca 19 Sep 1943 – Shemya, Ak
11 Oct – 1 Nov 1943 – Smoky Hill AAFld, Ks

1941 – B-18, YB-17, A-29
1942 – A-29, LB-30, B-24
1943 – B-24

8 – 14 Dec 1941 – Antisubmarine alert at Savannah, Ga
ca 9 Jan – c 7 Jun 1942 – Antisubmarine patrols off the west coast
11 Jun 1942 – 14 Aug 1943 – Combat in the Northern Pacific

Antisubmarine, American Theater; Air Offensive; Japan, Aleutian Islands

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11th Air Force	XI Bomber Command	XI Fighter Command
28th Composite Group	Bomb Squadrons	343 Fighter Group
Non Flying Units	Chronology	Fighter Squadrons
War Stories	Credits	Reunions

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