The 44th Reconnaissance Squadron is a unit of the
United States Air Force
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's
432nd Wing
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The group operates unmanned ...
,
Air Combat Command
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stationed at
Creech Air Force Base
Creech Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) command and control facility in Clark County, Nevada used "to engage in daily Overseas Contingency Operations …of remotely piloted aircraft systems which fly missions across the globe. ...
, Nevada, where it operates
unmanned aerial vehicle
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s. The squadron is assigned to the
432nd Operations Group, and has been reported to operate the
Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel
The Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel, nicknamed Wraith, is an American unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by Lockheed Martin and operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). While the USAF has ...
.
The first predecessor of the squadron was the 44th Aero Squadron, which was organized in 1917. It served as a training unit until demobilizing in 1919. In 1924, this squadron was consolidated with the 44th Observation Squadron, which conducted
aerial reconnaissance
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for the
Field Artillery School
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. The consolidated squadron was inactivated in 1927.
The squadron was again activated in the
Panama Canal Zone
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in 1931. In 1937, it became the 44th Reconnaissance Squadron, recognizing its mission encompassed longer range missions than battlefield observation. Following the
attack on Pearl Harbor
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, the squadron was involved in the defense of the eastern part of the Caribbean. In April 1942, it became the 430th Bombardment Squadron. Later that year, it returned to the United States and became a training and test unit until inactivating in the spring of 1944.
It was reactivated a few weeks later as a
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
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unit. It saw combat with the
502d Bombardment Group in the closing months of
World War II
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, flying from
Northwest Field
Northwest Field (NWF; historically Northwest Guam Air Force Base) is a military airfield on the West Pacific island of Guam. Originally built during World War II, Northwest Field was closed as an airfield in 1949 but has been used for other mi ...
,
Guam
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and earning a
Distinguished Unit Citation
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. It remained in the Pacific until it was inactivated on 15 April 1946.
History
World War I

The first predecessor of the
squadron was established as the 44th Aero Squadron at
Camp Kelly
Kelly Field (formerly Kelly Air Force Base) is a Joint-Use facility located in San Antonio, Texas. It was originally named after George E. M. Kelly, the first member of the U.S. military killed in the crash of an airplane he was piloting.
I ...
, Texas in June 1917, shortly after the United States' entry into
World War I
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. The squadron moved to
Wilbur Wright Field
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, Ohio in August apparently serving as a flying training unit with
Standard SJ-1
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,
Curtiss JN-4
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, and possibly
Dayton-Wright DH-4
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It was designe ...
aircraft. When
Air Service training units were reorganized as lettered field squadrons in 1918, the squadron became Squadron K (later Squadron P), Wilbur Wright Field, Ohio. The squadron was demobilized in April 1919.
[Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', pp. 529–530]
Interwar years
The second predecessor of the squadron was organized in June 1922 as the 44th Squadron (Observation) at
Post Field
Henry Post Army Airfield is a military use airport located at Fort Sill in Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States. This military airport is owned by United States Army. Established as Post Field in 1917, it was one of thirty-two Air Service ...
, Oklahoma within the
Eighth Corps Area, where it flew Dayton-Wright DH-4 and evidently
Douglas O-2
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aircraft conducting training with the
Field Artillery School
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. The two squadrons were consolidated in 1924, with the consolidated unit retaining the name 44th Observation Squadron. In June 1927, the squadron moved to March Field, California, where it was inactivated at the end of July.
[
The squadron was again activated in the ]Panama Canal Zone
The Panama Canal Zone (), also known as just the Canal Zone, was a International zone#Concessions, concession of the United States located in the Isthmus of Panama that existed from 1903 to 1979. It consisted of the Panama Canal and an area gene ...
in April 1931. It was initially assigned to the 6th Composite Group, but was assigned or attached to the 16th Pursuit Group
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The 1st Special Operations Wing i ...
from 1932 until 1940.[ It was the sole reconnaissance unit in the Canal Zone at the time, flying Douglas OA-4 Dolphin amphibians and observation aircraft][ over both approaches of the canal. The 44th was the first Air Corps unit to occupy ]Albrook Field
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after it opened in 1932–33.
Although it retained its Dolphins until 1939, the squadron began to receive medium bomber Martin B-10
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s in 1936. Acknowledging its concentration on longer range reconnaissance, it was redesignated the 44th Reconnaissance Squadron the following September. On 20 November 1940, the 9th Bombardment Group 009 may refer to:
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* O09, FAA identifier for Round Valley Airport
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...
moved from the United States to the Canal Zoe, and the 44th was attached to it.[
]
The squadron was among the first Canal Zone-based units to equip with the Douglas B-18 Bolo
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, which joined the unit as early as December 1938. The squadron moved from Albrook to Howard Field
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in July 1941, ending its nine-year stint at Albrook.[ There, with five B-18s, one B-18A and the B-17B, the squadron commenced long range reconnaissance training in earnest. The squadron's stay at Howard Field was short lived and the squadron departed for ]Atkinson Field
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Places
*Atkinson, Nova Scotia, Canada
*Atkinson, Dominica, a village in Dominica
* Atkinson, Illinois, U.S.
*Atkinson, Indiana, U.S.
*Atkinson, Maine, U.S.
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, British Guiana on 27 October 1941, with the air echelon arriving the following day. The ground echelon sailed on the and arrived on 4 November.
World War II
Caribbean defense
From British Guiana, the squadron operated as an element of the Trinidad Base Command at Atkinson Field. In late 1941, with the coming of war, the unit commenced far-ranging patrols with its remaining three B-18's and, now, two B-18A's. The attachment to the 9th Bombardment Group became an assignment on 25 February 1942,[ and, by mid-February, following an accident to one of its B-18s and severe maintenance problems with the other aircraft, the squadron could count only one B-18A as airworthy and ready for action.
The unit commander also reported that he had "no fully combat trained crews," and, considering that this was the only Air Corps unit at Atkinson at the time, things had deteriorated dangerously. On 22 April 1942, the unit was redesignated the 430th Bombardment Squadron.][ The squadron continued to fly ]antisubmarine
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patrols in the Caribbean until October 1942, when it returned to the United States.[ This was a move on paper only. The squadron's personnel transferred to the ]35th Bombardment Squadron
The 35th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was activated in January 1940 as the United States built up its armed forces prior to World War II. In the fall of 1941, it deployed to the Caribbean and, following ...
or other units at Atkinson.[
]
Test and training unit
In October 1942, the 430th returned to the United States, where it was assigned to the Army Air Forces School of Applied Tactics
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(AAFSAT) at Orlando Army Air Base
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Overview
Orlan ...
, Florida. However, the squadron was not manned until March 1943.[ The squadron was equipped with ]Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
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es, Consolidated B-24 Liberator
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s, North American B-25 Mitchell
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s, and Martin B-26 Marauder
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First used in ...
s (and a Boeing 247
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However, the Army Air Forces
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(AAF) was finding that standard military units like the 430th, whose manning was based on relatively inflexible tables of organization
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were proving not well adapted to the training mission. Accordingly, the AAF adopted a more functional system in which each base was organized into a separate numbered unit. The 9th Group and its components moved on paper to Dalhart Army Air Field
Dalhart Army Air Base is a former World War II military airfield complex near the city of Dalhart, Texas. It operated three training sites for the United States Army Air Forces from 1943 until 1945.
The majority of the namesake city of Dalhart, ...
, Texas on 28 March 1944, and its mission with AAFSAT was assumed by the 906th AAF Base Unit (Bombardment, Heavy) and the 907th AAF Base Unit (Bombardment, Medium and Light).[
]
B-29 operations and combat
The squadron began to reform as a Boeing B-29 Superfortress
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is a retired American four-engined propeller-driven heavy bomber, designed by Boeing and flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War. Named in allusion to its predecessor, the Bo ...
unit at Dalhart. However, before the squadron could become fully manned and equipped, the AAF reorganized its B-29 units. Although this reorganization increased the number of aircraft assigned to each squadron and to the group, it reduced the number of squadrons in the group from four to three. The squadron was inactivated in this reorganization on 10 May, and its crews and airplanes were distributed to the other three squadrons of the 9th Group.[
A few weeks later, on 1 June 1944, the squadron was activated once again at Davis-Monthan Field as a component of the newly organized 502d Bombardment Group. Five days later, the squadron moved to ]Dalhart Army Air Field
Dalhart Army Air Base is a former World War II military airfield complex near the city of Dalhart, Texas. It operated three training sites for the United States Army Air Forces from 1943 until 1945.
The majority of the namesake city of Dalhart, ...
, Texas to begin training with the B-29. The squadron trained at Dalhart and at Grand Island Army Air Field
Grand Island Army Airfield was a United States Army Air Forces airfield which operated from 1942 to 1946. After its closure, the base was reopened as Central Nebraska Regional Airport.
History
Grand Island Army Airfield was opened in 1942, a ...
, Nebraska until 7 April 1945, when it departed for the Pacific.[Maurer, ''Combat Units'', p. 367]
The squadron arrived at its combat station, Northwest Field
Northwest Field (NWF; historically Northwest Guam Air Force Base) is a military airfield on the West Pacific island of Guam. Originally built during World War II, Northwest Field was closed as an airfield in 1949 but has been used for other mi ...
, Guam on 12 May 1945. It flew its first combat mission on 30 June, an attack on Rota. It carried out attacks on Truk during July. It flew its first mission against the Japanese Home Islands on 15 July, against the oil refinery
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at Kudamatsu
270px, Kudamatsu city center
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Kudamatsu ...
, and until the end of the war, concentrated on attacks on the Japanese petroleum
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industry. It was awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation
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for August 1945 attacks on the coal liquefaction
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plant at Ube, a tank farm
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Geology
Part of the Auckland volcanic field, it was crea ...
at Amagasaki
270px, Amagasaki Castle
270px, Aerial view of Amagasaki city center
270px, Amagasaki Station
is an industrial city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 455,555 in 223,812 households, and a population de ...
and the Nippon Oil
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refinery at Tsuchizaki
is a neighbourhood located in Akita City, Akita Prefecture, Japan. , the neighbourhood had an estimated population of 21,310 and a population density of 3,400 persons per km². The total area of the neibourhood is . Annexed by the city in 1941, ...
. After the war it participated in show of force
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missions and evacuated prisoners of war
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Belligerents hold prisoners of war for a ...
. The squadron remained on Guam until it was inactivated on 15 April 1946.[
]
Unmanned vehicle operations
The squadron returned to its designation of 44th Reconnaissance Squadron when it was activated at Creech Air Force Base
Creech Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) command and control facility in Clark County, Nevada used "to engage in daily Overseas Contingency Operations …of remotely piloted aircraft systems which fly missions across the globe. ...
, Nevada on 1 April 2015 to fly unmanned aerial vehicle
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s in the reconnaissance role.[ It has been reported that the unit operates ]Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel
The Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel, nicknamed Wraith, is an American unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by Lockheed Martin and operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). While the USAF has ...
s.
Lineage
; 44th Aero Squadron
* Organized as the 44th Aero Squadron on 30 June 1917
: Redesignated Squadron K, Wilbur Wright Field, Ohio in October 1918
: Redesignated Squadron P, Wilbur Wright Field, Ohio in November 1918
: Demobilized on 30 April 1919
* Reconstituted and consolidated with the 44th Observation Squadron as the 44th Observation Squadron on 8 April 1924[Clay, p. 1408]
; 44th Reconnaissance Squadron
* Authorized as the 44th Squadron (Observation) on 10 June 1922
: Organized on 26 June 1922
: Redesignated 44th Observation Squadron on 25 January 1923
: Consolidated with Squadron P, Wilbur Wright Field, Ohio on 8 April 1924[Clay, p. 1408]
: Inactivated on 31 July 1927
* Activated on 1 April 1931
: Redesignated 44th Reconnaissance Squadron on 1 September 1937
: Redesignated 44th Reconnaissance Squadron (Medium Range) on 6 December 1939
: Redesignated 44th Reconnaissance Squadron (Heavy) on 20 November 1940
: Redesignated 430th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 22 April 1942
: Redesignated 430th Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy on 28 March 1944
: Inactivated on 10 May 1944
* Activated on 1 June 1944
: Inactivated on 15 April 1946
* Redesignated 44th Reconnaissance Squadron on 19 February 2015
: Activated on 1 April 2015.
Assignments
* Unknown, 1917–1919
* Eighth Corps Area, 26 June 1922 (attached to Field Artillery School, c. August 1922)
* Air Corps Training Center, c. 25 June – 31 July 1927
* 6th Composite Group, 1 April 1931 (attached to 16th Pursuit Group, c. December 1932)
* 16th Pursuit Group, 1 September 1937
* Probably assigned to 19th Wing
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During World War II, the unit was designated ...
(later 19th Bombardment Wing), 1 February 1940 (attached to 16th Pursuit Group)
* Probably assigned to Panama Canal Air Force
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Initially designated Panama Canal Air Fo ...
, 20 November 1940 (attached to 9th Bombardment Group)
* Probably assigned to Trinidad Base Command, 4 November 1941 (attached to 9th Bombardment Group)
* 9th Bombardment Group, 25 February 1942 – 10 May 1944
* 502d Bombardment Group, 1 June 1944 – 15 April 1946
* 732nd Operations Group
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, 1 April 2015 – unknown
* 432nd Operations Group, unknown – present
Stations
* Camp Kelly (later Kelly Field), Texas, 30 June 1917
* Wilbur Wright Field, Ohio, 25 August 1917 – 30 April 1919
* Post Field, Oklahoma, 26 June 1922
* March Field, California, 25 June – 31 July 1927
* France Field
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, Panama Canal Zone, 1 April 1931
* Albrook Field, Panama Canal Zone, 13 May 1932
* Howard Field, Panama Canal Zone, 8 July – 27 October 1941
* Atkinson Field, British Guiana, 4 November 1941
* Orlando Army Air Base, Florida, 31 October 1942
* Brooksville Army Air Field Brooksville is the name of several places in the United States:
* Brooksville, Blount County, Alabama
* Brooksville, Morgan County, Alabama
* Brooksville, Florida
**Brooksville Army Airfield, named after the Florida town
* Brooksville, Georgia
* Bro ...
, Florida, 6 January 1944
* Orlando Army Air Base, Florida, 25 February 1944
* Dalhart Army Air Field, Texas, 6 March – 10 May 1944
* Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona, 1 June 1944
* Dalhart Army Air Field, Texas, 5 June 1944
* Grand Island Army Air Field, Nebraska, 26 September 1944 – 7 April 1945
* Northwest Field, Guam, 12 May 1945 – 15 April 1946
* Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, 1 April 2015 – present[
]
Aircraft
* Standard SJ-1, 1917–1919
* Curtiss JN-4, 1917–1919
* Possibly Dayton-Wright DH-4, 1917–1919
* Dayton-Wright DH-4, 1922–1927
* Evidently Douglas O-2, 1922–1927
* Douglas OA-4 Dolphin, 1931–1939
* Thomas-Morse O-19
The Thomas-Morse O-19 was an American observation biplane built by the Thomas-Morse Aircraft Company for the United States Army Air Corps.
Development
The O-19 was based on the earlier Thomas-Morse O-6 biplane. It was a conventional two-seat b ...
, 1932–1937
* Martin B-10, 1936–1939
* Douglas B-18 Bolo, 1938–1942
* Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, 1943–1944
* Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 1943–1944
* North American B-25 Mitchell, 1943–1944
* Martin B-26 Marauder, 1943–1944
* Boeing C-73, 1943–1944
* Boeing B-29 Superfortress, 1944–1946[
* Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel, 2015–present
]
Awards and campaigns
See also
* List of American Aero Squadrons
References
Notes
; Explanatory notes
; Citations
Bibliography
*
*
*
*
* Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. .
*
External links
{{USAAF 6th Air Force World War II
Bombardment squadrons of the United States Army Air Forces
Military units and formations in British Guiana in World War II