01109178
UNCLASSIFIED
2430512
06-01-1942
2431029
10-31-1943
SQUADRON/0406/BOMBARDMENT (M)
HISTORY
K-SQ-BOMB-406-HI
44821
1716
1770
51
2450121
02-07-1996
UNIT ORIGINALLY ORGANIZED AS THE 16 RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON AND WAS ACTIVATED 15 JAN 41. CAPT DAVID H. MOTHERWELL ASSIGNED FIRST COMMANDER. UNIT REDESIGNATED 406 BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON (M) 16 APR 42, AND RELOCATED TO PAINE FIELD, WA. UNIT ENGAGED IN ANTI-SUB PATROL ACTIVITIES. SUMMARIZES ALASKA OPERATIONS. MAJ COURTNEY, COMMANDER, WAS DIRECTED TO PREPARE AND DEPLOY UNIT FOR OVERSEAS OPERATION IN ALASKA. SQUADRON PERFORMED HAZARDOUS SUBMARINE PATROL MISSIONS IN GULF OF ALASKA AND THE BERING SEA. FLIGHT CREWS AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL TO WESTERN ALEUTIANS IN B-25 AIRCRAFT BEGINNING FEB 1943. SEVERAL FLYING ACCIDENTS RELATED TO SEVERE WEATHER OCCURRED WITH NO FATALITIES.
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