Douglas A-26 Invader of the 640th BombardmentSquadron
Active
1943-1945
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Role
Light bombardment
Insignia
640th Bombardment Squadron Emblem[a][1]
Military unit
The 640th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Army Air Forces unit. After training with Douglas A-20 Havocs in the United States the squadron deployed to the European Theater of World War II, where it engaged in combat until the Surrender of Germany. It was last assigned to the 409th Bombardment Group at Westover Field, Massachusetts, where it was inactivated on 7 November 1945.
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