3d Search Attack Squadron explained

Unit Name:	3d Search Attack Squadron
Dates:	1942-1944
Country:	United States
Branch:	United States Air Force
Role:	Antisubmarine Warfare

The 3d Search Attack Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 1st Search Attack Group, based at Langley Field, Virginia. It was inactivated on 10 April 1944.

History

Tested electronic equipment and trained crews for its use in antisubmarine operations; antisubmarine patrols, Jan until late 1943.

Lineage

• Constituted 2d Search Attack Squadron (Heavy) on 7 December 1942

Activated on 10 December 1942

Redesignated: 2d Search Attack Squadron (Heavy) on 22 November 1943

Disbanded on 10 April 1944.

Assignments

• 1st Sea-Search Attack Unit (later Search Attack Group), 10 December 1942 – 10 April 1944.

Stations

• Langley Field, Virginia, 10 December 1942 – 10 April 1944

Aircraft

• B-18 Bolo, 1942–1943
• B-24 Liberator, 1943–1944

References

• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. .