491st Fighter-Bomber Squadron

491st Fighter-Bomber Squadron
Active	1942-1944
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Air Forces
Type	Fighter/Fighter-Bomber

The 491st Fighter-Bomber Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 84th Fighter Group stationed at Harding Army Airfield, Louisiana. It was inactivated on 1 April 1944.

History

Lineage

• Constituted as: 304th Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 13 January 1942

Activated on 10 February 1942

Redesignated as: 491st Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 10 August 1943

Disbanded on 1 April 1944.

Assignments

• 84th Bombardment (later Fighter-Bomber) Group, 10 February 1942 – 1 April 1944.

Stations

• Hunter Field, Georgia, 10 February 1942
• Drew Field, Florida, 8 February 1943
• Harding AAF, Louisiana, 4 October 1943 – 1 April 1944.

Aircraft

• V-72, 1942
• A-24, 1942–1943
• P-39, 1943
• P-47, 1943-1944.

Operations history

Operational/Replacement training unit, 1942–1944

References

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

• Maurer, Maurer, ed (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556. http://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil/Publications/fulltext/combat_sq_of_the_af_wwii.pdf.