733d Bombardment Squadron | |
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Active | 1943-1945 |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Air Force |
Role | heavy bomber |
Engagements | European Theater of World War II |
Insignia | |
World War II fuselage code[1] | F8 |
The 733d Bombardment Squadron is a former United States Army Air Forces unit. It was assigned to the 453d Bombardment Group and last stationed at Fort Dix Army Air Base, New Jersey, where it was inactivated on 12 September 1945. The squadron was first activated in May 1943. After training in the United States with the Consolidated B-24 Liberator, the squadron deployed to the European Theater of Operations, participating in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany. Following V-E Day, the squadron returned to the United States for conversion as a very heavy bomber unit, but inactivated instead.