846th Bombardment Squadron

846th Bombardment Squadron
846th Squadron B-24 Liberator[a]
Active1943-1945
Country United States
BranchUnited States Army Air Forces
Roleheavy bomber
EngagementsEuropean Theater of Operations
Insignia
Fuselage code[1]8R

The 846th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was assigned to the 489th Bombardment Group, flying Consolidated B-24 Liberators. After training in the United States, it moved to England and engaged in combat in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany until V-E Day. It returned to United States in 1945 and began training with the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, but was inactivated at March Field, California on 17 October 1945.


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  1. ^ Watkins, p. 114