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16th Photographic Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	16th Photographic Squadron
dates	1942–1944; 1947
country	United States
branch
role	Reconnaissance
notable_commanders	Winston P. Wilson
identification_symbol	[[File:16 Photographic Sq emblem.png	165px]]
identification_symbol_label	16th Photographic Squadron emblem (approved 29 March 1943)A white caricatured bear, grasping a black aerial camera proper in the forepaws, leaning and diving through space on a wing section formed by two red planks, and having a tail rudder of the same material, all emitting white speed lines and mounted on a light blue disc. Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 90.

The 16th Photographic Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 55th Reconnaissance Group at MacDill Field, Florida, where it was inactivated on 16 December 1947. It served as a mapping unit during World War II and the initial years of Strategic Air Command

History

Initially activated in March 1942 at Bolling Field as a laboratory for processing photographic products produced by the 1st Mapping Group. During World War II, the squadron was engaged in photographic mapping of areas of the United States with a variety of aircraft.

The squadron moved to Buckley Field in late 1944, where it was assigned to the 311th Photographic Wing, which became the major reconnaissance organization of Strategic Air Command (SAC). It moved to with the wing to MacDill Field, Florida in April 1946 and was assigned to the 55th Reconnaissance Group in 1947. The squadron was engaged in SAC's strategic mapping mission.

Lineage

Constituted as the Photographic Laboratory Unit on 27 March 1942
Activated on 31 March 1942
Redesignated 16th Photographic Squadron on 8 July 1942
Redesignated 16th Photographic Unit on 1 February 1943
Redesignated 16th Domestic Photographic Unit on 11 August 1943
Redesignated 16th Photographic Squadron (Special Purpose) on 14 September 1944
Inactivated on 16 December 1947

Assignments

1st Mapping Group (later 1at Photographic Charting Group), 31 March 1942
11th Photographic Group, 1 December 1943
311th Photographic Wing, 5 October 1944
55th Reconnaissance Group, 1 Jun 1947 – 16 Dec 1947

Stations

Bolling Field, District of Columbia, 31 March 1942
Buckley Field, Colorado, 1 November 1944
MacDill Field, Florida, 19 April 1946 – 16 December 1947

Aircraft

Cessna C-78 Bobcat (1942-1944)
Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor (1944-1947)
Beechcraft F-2 Expeditor (1944-1947)
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (1946-1947)
Boeing F-9 Flying Fortress (1946-1947)
Consolidated OA-10 Catalina (1943)
Grumman OA-13 Goose (1943)
Beechcraft AT-7 Navigator(1943)
Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan (1943-1946)
Boeing F-13 Superfortress (1947)

Service Streamer

Campaign Streamer	Campaign	Dates	Notes
[[File:World War II - American Campaign Streamer (Plain).png	200px]]	American Theater without inscription	31 March 1942 – 2 March 1946

References

Notes

; Explanatory notes

; Citations

Bibliography

References

Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 90
Maurer, ''Combat Units'', p. 420
"Abstract, History 16 Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron Dec 1947". Air Force History Index.
"Abstract, History 16 Photographic Squadron Dec 1946". Air Force History Index.

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