395th BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON HISTORY


LINEAGE. Constituted 5th Reconnaissance Squadron (Medium) on 22 Nov 1940. Activated on 1 Apr 1941. Redesignated: 395th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 22 Apr 1942; 395th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 7 May 1942; 395th Bombardment Squadron (Very Heavy) on 20 Nov 1943. Disbanded on 20 Oct 1944.


ASSIGNMENTS. 40th Bombardment Group, attached on 1 Apr 1941, and assigned on 25 Feb 1942; 6th Bombardment Group, 9 Aug 1942; 40th Bombardment Group, 12 May 1943-20 Oct 1944.


STATIONS. Borinquen, PR, 1 Apr 1941; Rio Hato, Panama, 17 Jun 1942-16 Jun1943; Pratt AAF, Kan, 1 Aug 1943-12 Mar 1944; Chakulia, India, c. 1 Apr-20 Oct 1944.


AIRCRAFT. B~i8, 1941-1943; A-17,1942-1943; B-24, 1942-1943; LB-30,1942-1943; B-17, 1942-1944; B-26,1943; YB-29,1943; B29, 1943-1944.


OPERATIONS. Antisubmarine patrols, Dec 1941-Feb 1943. Replacement and later operational training unit, Jun 1942-May 1943. Combat in CBI, 5 Jun-17 Oct 1944.


CAMPAIGNS. Antisubmarine, American Theater; India-Burma; Air Offensive, Japan; China Defensive; Western Pacific.


DECORATIONS. Distinguished Unit Citation: Yawata, Japan, 20 Aug 1944.