| 422d Bombardment Squadron | |
|---|---|
 B-47 Stratojets at a SAC base in the 1950s | |
| Active | 1942–1946; 1952–1954; 1958–1961 |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Air Force |
| Role | Bombardment |
| Engagements | European Theater of Operations |
| Decorations | Distinguished Unit Citation |
| Insignia | |
| 422d Bombardment Squadron emblem[a][1] | .png) |
| 422d Bombardment Squadron emblem (World War II)[2] |  |
| World War II fuselage code[2] | JJ |
The 422d Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 305th Bombardment Wing at Bunker Hill Air Force Base, Indiana, where it was inactivated on 15 February 1961. The squadron was first activated in March 1942 as the 32d Reconnaissance Squadron, but shortly was renamed as a bombardment unit. After training in the United States, it moved to England in the fall of 1942, where it participated in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany, earning a Distinguished Unit Citation for its actions. Following V-E Day, the squadron moved to Germany, where it formed part of the occupation forces until inactivating in December 1946.
The squadron was again activated in 1953, when it assumed the personnel and equipment of an Air National Guard squadron that had been mobilized for the Korean War and was being returned to state control. It initially trained aircrews in light bombers, but converted to early jet bombers before inactivating the following year.
The squadron's final activation was in 1959, when Strategic Air Command reorganized its Boeing B-47 Stratojet wings from three to four operational squadrons. It inactivated in 1961, when its parent wing began conversion to the Convair B-58 Hustler.
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