838th Bombardment Squadron
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title:
838th Bombardment Squadron
text:
The 838th Bombardment Squadron was a United States Army Air Forces unit. It was activated in September 1943. After training in the United States, it deployed to the European Theater of Operations, where it engaged in combat with Consolidated B-24 Liberators. In the summer of 1944, it was withdrawn from combat to convert to the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, then continued in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany with the 487th Bombardment Group until the spring of 1945. Following V-E Day,
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Military unit
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/838th_Bombardment_Squadron
date created:
2010-09-15T11:20:24Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T10:03:41Z
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