14th Bombardment Squadron
- 14th Bombardment Squadron
The 14th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) was activated on 1 February 1940 at Hickam Field, Hawaii. as part of the 11th Bombardment Group (Heavy) equipped with B-18’s.
After being equipped with the B-17 Flying Fortress, nine B-17s of the 14th Bombardment Squadron pioneered an air ferry route from Hawaii to the Philippines, leaving on 5 September 1941 and arriving on 16 September 1941 at Clark Field, Philippines. The squadron became part of the Philippine Department Air Force, which subsequently became the Far East Air Force on 16 November 1941, and was attached to the 19th Bombardment Group (Heavy).
On the 8 December 1942, the Imperial Japanese bomb and strafe Clark Field at 12:00 PM. Catching many B-17’s and P-40’s on the ground which are destroyed. The 14th Bombardment Squadron aircraft were based at Del Monte Field and San Marcelino Field and were spared being destroyed. Captain Colin P Kelly Jr, of the 14th Bombardment Squadron attacked the Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser Ashigara, thought to be a battleship. Captain Kelly was killed when his B-17 was shot down by Japanese fighters as he is returning to Clark Field and is posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC).
The air echelon of the 14th Bombardment Squadron was evacuated to Batchelor Field, Australia on 24 December 1941, while the ground echelon stays to fight at Clark Field, as infantry in the Philippines as part of the Battle of the Philippines under the command of 5th Interceptor Command. Orders were soon received from HQ Far East Air Force to move to Java, and the air echelon relocates from Batchelor Field to Singosari Field, Java on 30 December 1941.
The 19th Bombardment Group flew missions from Singosari Field attacking enemy aircraft, ground installations, warships and transports during the later stages of the Battle of the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies campaign between Jan - March 1942. The group earned a total of four United States Presidential Distinguished Unit Citations for actions in the Philippine Islands and Dutch East Indies. The air echelon of 14th Bombardment Squadron ceases operating from Singosari, Java on 1 March 1942 and begins moving to Melbourne, Australia.
Arriving at Essendon Aerodrome, Melbourne on 4 March 1942, the air echelon of 14th Bombardment Squadron begins operating from Essendon, Australia. On 14 March 1942, the air echelon of 14th Bombardment Squadron is detached from the 19th Bombardment Group and ceases operations, with men and equipment transferred to other units. The 14th Bombardment Squadron continues as an active unit in the United Sates, but is not manned or equipped and is inactivated on 2 April 1946.
References
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