About: 506th Bombardment Squadron

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dbo:abstract	The 506th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 44th Bombardment Wing at Chennault Air Force Base, Louisiana, where it was inactivated on 15 June 1960. The squadron was first activated in 1942 as a replacement unit to fill out the 44th Bombardment Group. After training in the United States. it joined its parent group in the European Theater of Operations. The squadron flew combat missions in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany until the end of the air war in Europe, earning two Distinguished Unit Citations. It returned to the United States and began training with Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers, but was inactivated in August 1946. The squadron was reactivated in 1958, when Strategic Air Command expanded its Boeing B-47 Stratojet wings from three to four squadrons. (en)
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rdfs:comment	The 506th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 44th Bombardment Wing at Chennault Air Force Base, Louisiana, where it was inactivated on 15 June 1960. The squadron was reactivated in 1958, when Strategic Air Command expanded its Boeing B-47 Stratojet wings from three to four squadrons. (en)
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