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735th Bombardment Squadron
Consolidated B-24 Liberators of the 453d Bombardment Group on a mission over Magdeburg
Active1943-1945
Country735th Bombardment Squadron United States
Branch735th Bombardment Squadron United States Air Force
RoleHeavy bomber
EngagementsEuropean Theater of World War II
Insignia
735th Bombardment Squadron emblem[1]
World War II fuselage code[1]H6

The 735th Bombardment Squadron is a former United States Army Air Forces unit. It was assigned to the 453d Bombardment Group and last stationed at Fort Dix Army Air Base, New Jersey, where it was inactivated on 12 September 1945. The squadron was first activated in May 1943. After training in the United States with the Consolidated B-24 Liberator, the squadron deployed to the European Theater of Operations, participating in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany. Following V-E Day, the squadron returned to the United States for conversion as a very heavy bomber unit, but inactivated instead.

  1. ^ a b Watkins, pp. 98-99

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