The 31st Reconnaissance Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force

United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

 unit. Its last was assigned to the 303d Bombardment Group

303d Bombardment Group

The 303d Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was to the 303d Bombardment Wing, being stationed at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. It was de-activated on 16 June 1952....

, stationed at Gowen Field, Idaho

Idaho

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. It was inactivated on 16 March 1942.

History

The squadron was formed in early 1942 as a B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomb squadron. Equipped and began training under Second Air Force

Second Air Force

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. Was inactivated with personnel and equipment redesignated as 38th Reconnaissance Squadron

427th Bombardment Squadron

The 427th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Strategic Air Command 303d Bombardment Wing, based at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona. The unit was inactivated on 1 January 1962.-History:...

, after 38th was broken up with original aircraft reassigned after the Pearl Harbor Attack.

Lineage

• Constituted 31st Reconnaissance Squadron (Heavy) on 28 January 1942

Activated on 3 February 1942

Disbanded on 16 March 1942

Stations

• Pendleton Field, Oregon
  Oregon
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  , 3 February 1942
• Gowen Field, Idaho
  Idaho
  Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....
  
  , 13 February-16 March 1942