30th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron

30th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
Active	1940-1944
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Air Force
Type	Reconnaissance

The 30th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 75th Tactical Reconnaissance Group stationed at Key Field, Mississippi. It was inactivated on 1 May 1944.

History

Lineage

• Constituted 30th Army Reconnaissance Squadron on 20 November 1940

Activated on 30 November 1940

Redesignated: 30th Observation Squadron on 14 August 1941

Redesignated: 30th Observation Squadron (Medium) on 13 January 1942

Redesignated: 30th Observation Squadron on 4 July 1942

Redesignated: 30th Reconnaissance Squadron (Fighter) on 2 April 1943

Redesignated: 30th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on 11 August 1943

Disbanded on 1 May 1944.

Assignments

• Fourth Corps Area, 30 November 1940
• Third Army, 24 January 1941
• Second Army, c. May 1941
• II Air Support Command, 1 September 1941
• 75th Observation (later Reconnaissance; Tactical Reconnaissance) Group, 12 March 1942 – 1 May 1944

Stations

• Atlanta Army Airfield, Georgia, 30 November 1940
• Tullahoma AAF, Tennessee, 29 June 1942
• Key Field, Mississippi, 17 August 1943 – 1 May 1944

Aircraft

• In addition to O-49, 1941–1943, O-47 and L-4, 1942–1943, and A-20, 1943
• Included O-38, 1941–1942
• O-52, 1942, and O-46, B-25, and DB-7, 1942–1943
• P-39, P-40, and P-51, 1943-1944.

Operations history

Operational/Replacement training unit, 1940–1944

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

• Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0-89201-097-5