819th Bombardment Squadron
Constituted 39th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 20 Nov 1940. Activated on 15 Jan 1941. Redesignated: 3rd Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy) on 29 Nov 1942; 819th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 22 Sep 1943. Inactivated on 30 Nov 1945.
Assignments. 13th Bombardment Group, 15 Jan 1941; 25th Antisubmarine Wing, 30 Nov 1942; 30th Bombardment Group, 11 Oct 1943-30 Nov 1945.
Stations. Langley Field, Va, 15 Jan 1941; Orlando, Fla, 6 Jun 1941 (detachment operated from Savannah, Ga, 8-14 Dec 1941); Westover Field, Mass, 20 Jan 1942; Dover, Del, 19 Jul 1942; Ft. Dix, NJ, 28 Feb 1943; March Field, Calif, 22 Sep-4 Oct 1943; Barking Sands, TH, 22 Oct 1943; Wheeler Field, TH, 12 Nov 1943-9 Jul 1944; Saipan, 25 Jul 1944; Wheeler Field, TH, 17 Mar 1945; Kahuku, TH, 26 Sep-30 Nov 1945.
Aircraft. B-18, 1941-1942; B-25, 1941-1943; A-29, 1942; B-24, 1943-1945.
Operations. Antisubmarine alert at Savannah, 8-14 Dec 1941; antisubmarine patrols, Jan 1942-c. Jul 1943. Supplied the 30th Bombardment Group with replacement crews and planes, Nov 1943-May 1944. Sea search from Hawaii, Nov 1943-May 1944. Combat in Western Pacific, 10 Aug 1944-19 Feb 1945.
Service Streamers. None.
Campaigns. World War II: Antisubmarine, American Theater; Air Offensive, Japan; Eastern Mandates; Western Pacific; Air Combat, Asiatic-Pacific Theater.
Decorations. None.
Emblem. On and over a yellow disc with a black border a black bat, outlined in red, wings displayed, flying over a mass of red flames issuing from the lower border of the disc. (Approved 17 Feb 1942.)