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The B-26 Marauder Archive: Bomb Groups
73rd Bombardment Group
Lineage
Organized as 73d Aero Squadron on 26 Feb. 1918. Demobilized on 4 July 1919. Reconstituted and consolidated (1936) with 73d Headquarters Squadron with was constituted on 18 Oct. 1927. Redesignated 73d Pursuit Squadron on 8 May 1929. Activated on 15 July 1931. Redesignated: 73d Attack Squadron on 1 March 1935; 73d Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 17 Oct. 1939. Disbanded on 1 Nov. 1943.
Assignments
- Unknown, 26 Feb.-Nov. 1918
- 2d Day Bombardment Group, Nov. 1918-1919
- Unknown, 1919-4 July 1919
- 17th Pursuit (later Attack; Bombardment) Group, 15 July 1931
- 28th Composite Group, 3 May 1941
- Second Air Force, 6 Oct.-1 Nov. 1943
Stations
- Waco, Texas, 26 Feb. 1918>
- Call Field, Texas, 1 March 1918
- Garden City, NY, 16 July-13 August 1918
- St. Maixent, France, c. 20 Sept. 1918
- Delouze, France, c. 20 Sept. 1918
- Colombeyles-Belles, France, c. 5 Oct. 1918
- Ourches, France, c. 15 Nov. 1918-1919
- Hazelhurst Field, NY, c. 19 June-4 July 1919
- March Field, California, 15 July 1931
- McChord Field, Washington, 26 June 1940-10 March 1941
- Elmendorf Field, Alaska, 14 March 1941 (detachments operated from Ft. Randall, Umnak, Adak, and Amchitka, 1942-1943)
- Umnak, April 1943; Amchitka, June-30 August 1943
- Paine Field, Wash, 14 Sept. 1943
- Pyote AAFld, Texas, 6 Oct.-1 Nov. 1943
Aircraft
- P-12, 1931-1934
- P-26, 1934-1935
- P-12, 1935-1936
- A-17, 1936-1940
- B-18, 1939-1942
- B-26, 1942-1943
- B-25, 1942-1943
Operations
- Air park with Second Army, c. 15 Nov. 1918-1919
- Reconnaissance in support of flood-relief in Southern California, 2-5 March 1938
- Combat in Northern Pacific, Dec. 1941-13 Aug. 1943
Service Streamers
- Theater of Operations
Campaigns
- Aleutian Islands
- Air Combat, Asiatic-Pacific Theater
Decorations
- None
Emblem
- On a hurt and within an annulet or a conventionalized California Bear’s head and shoulders affronte, with right paw raised, of the last, markings sable, eyes and tongue gules. (Approved 23 March 1932.)