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14th Antisubmarine Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	14th Antisubmarine Squadron
image	Lockheed B-34 Sep 1942.jpg
image_size	300px
caption	Lockheed B-34 as flown by the squadron
dates	1942–1943
country	United States
branch	United States Army Air Forces
role	anti-submarine warfare
battles	Antisubmarine Campaign
identification_symbol	[[File:14thantisubsquadron-emblem.jpg	165px]]
identification_symbol_label	14th Antisubmarine Squadron

The 14th Antisubmarine Squadron is a disbanded United States Army Air Forces unit. It was activated in 1942 as the 519th Bombardment Squadron and flew antisubmarine missions off the Atlantic coast until the Navy assumed its mission. It then moved to Texas, where it was disbanded in November 1943 and its personnel were used as cadres for heavy bomber groups.

History

The squadron was first activated as the 519th Bombardment Squadron at Hyannis Naval Auxiliary Air Facility, Massachusetts on 18 October 1942, when the 377th Bombardment Group replaced the 59th Observation Group at Fort Dix Army Air Field and assumed its mission, personnel and equipment. The 519th was initially equipped with the North American O-47s and Curtiss O-52 Owls of the 119th Observation Squadron, whose mission, personnel and equipment it absorbed on activation. It began to convert to North American B-25 Mitchells later in the year and added Lockheed B-34 Venturas in 1943, phasing out the short range observation aircraft.

In October 1942, the Army Air Forces organized its antisubmarine forces into the single Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command, which established the 25th Antisubmarine Wing the following month to control its forces operating over the Atlantic. Its bombardment group headquarters, including the 377th, were inactivated and the squadron, now designated the 14th Antisubmarine Squadron, was assigned directly to the 25th Wing.

In October 1943, the squadron moved to Biggs Field, Texas, where it briefly flew Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bombers under Second Air Force. However its heavy bomber training ended lest than a month later, when it was disbanded its personnel formed cadres for new heavy bomber units.

Lineage

Constituted as the 519th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 13 October 1942 : Activated on 18 October 1942 : Redesignated 14th Anti-Submarine Squadron (Heavy) on 29 November 1942 : Disbanded on 4 November 1943

Assignments

377th Bombardment Group, 18 October 1942.
25th Antisubmarine Wing, 9 December 1942.
Second Air Force, 7 October – 4 November 1943

Stations

Hyannis Naval Auxiliary Air Facility, Massachusetts, 18 October 1942.
Otis Field, Massachusetts, 6 November 1942 (deployed to Langley Field, Virginia, 19 July – 10 August 1943)
Biggs Field, Texas, 7 October – 4 November 1943

Aircraft

North American O-47, 1942
Curtiss O-52 Owl, 1942
North American B-25 Mitchell, 1942–1943
Lockheed B-34 Ventura, 1943
Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 1943

Campaigns

Streamer	Campaign	Dates	Notes
[[File:American Campaign Streamer.png	200px]]	American Theater of World War II	18 October 1942 – 1 August 1943	519th Bombardment Squadron (later 14th Antisubmarine Squadron)

References

Notes

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Bibliography

References

Maurer, pp. 75-76
Maurer, ''Combat Units'', pp. 265-266
Maurer, ''Combat Units'', p. 590
Maurer, ''Combat Units'', p. 437
Maurer, ''Combat Units'', pp. 388-389

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