506th Bombardment Squadron
(Patch not authorized)
Constituted 506th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 24 Sep 1942. Activated on 1 Oct 1942. Redesignated 506th Bombardment Squadron (Very Heavy) on 5 Aug 1945. Inactivated on 4 Aug 1946. Redesignated 506th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 20 Aug 1958. Activated on 1 Dec 1958. Discontinued on 15 Jun 1960.
Assignments. 44th Bombardment Group, 1 Oct 1942 (attached to 308th Bombardment Group for training, 1 Oct 1942-c. 16 Jan 1943); 485th Bombardment Group, 7 Mar-4 Aug 1946. 44th Bombardment Wing, 1 Dec 1958; Department of the Air Force, 15 Jun 1960--.
Stations. Salt Lake City AAB, Utah, 1 Nov 1942; Pueblo AAB, Colo, 1 Oct 1942; Wendover Field, Utah, 29 Oct 1942; Pueblo AAB, Colo, c. 20 Nov 1942-7 Feb 1943; Shipdham, England, 17 Mar 1943-c. 15 Jun 1945 (detachments operated from Benina, Libya, c. 27 Jun-c. 1 Sep 1943, and Tunis, Tunisia, c. 19 Sep-c. 9 Oct 1943); Sioux Falls AAFld, SD, 26 Jun 1945; Great Bend AAFld, Kan, 25 Jul 1945, Smoky Hill AAFld, Kan, 14 Dec 1945-4 Aug 1946. Lake Charles AFB, La, 1 Dec 1958-15 Jun 1960.
Aircraft. B-24, 1942-1945; B-29, 1945-1946. B-47, 1958-1960.
Operations. Combat in ETO and MTO, 22 Mar 1943-25 Apr 1945.
Service Streamers. American Theater.
Campaigns. Air Offensive, Europe; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Normandy; Northern France, Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Air Combat, EAME Theater.
Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: Kiel, Germany, 14 May 1943; Ploesti, Rumania, 1 Aug 1943.
Emblem. None.