others; providing supplies and equipment to French Resistance forces; leaflet dropping and other clandestine missions. Liberators engaged in these missions were painted in a gloss black overall camouflage. The ball turret was removed and replaced by a hatch for parachutists. and special electronics were installed. In August 1944, the squadron transferred its personnel and equipment to the 859th Bombardment Squadron. Bomber operations The squadron was reformed on 10 August at RAF Rackheath, bringing the 467th Group up to full strength after three months of operating as a three squadron group. The unit served chiefly as a strategic bombardment organization, attacking targets such as factories at Bonn, Osnabrück and Stuttgart, power generating facilities at Hamm, and the harbor at Kiel. It also attacked the German aircraft industry at Brunswick, and other objectives. Shortly after returning to the 467th, in September 1944, the squadron spent some time transporting fuel to France to support the Allied advance toward Germany. The squadron was occasionally diverted from the strategic campaign to engage in air support and air interdiction missions. It attacked German lines of communication and fortifications during the Battle of the Bulge from December 1944 through January 1945. It bombed enemy transportation to assist Operation Varsity, the airborne assault across the Rhine in March 1945. The squadron flew its last combat mission on 25 April 1945. Return to the United States and inactivation Following V-E Day, the squadron redeployed to the United States. Most of the squadron's planes left Rackheath on 12 June 1945, while the ground echelon sailed on the on 6 July. The squadron began to reassemble at Sioux Falls Army Air Field, South Dakota later in July. The squadron was selected for transition into the Boeing B-29 Superfortress and trained with the new bomber at Alamogordo Army Air Field, New Mexico and Harvard Army Air Field, Nebraska, although Japan had surrendered, the squadron completed its transition into the Superfortress and, in January 1946, moved to Clovis Army Air Field, New Mexico, where it became one of the first units in Strategic Air Command. On 4 August 1946, the squadron was inactivated and its mission, personnel and equipment were transferred to the 32d Bombardment Squadron, which was simultaneously activated. Fighter operations As the United States Air Force expanded its McDonnell F-4 Phantom II fleet in April 1965, it activated the 33d Tactical Fighter Wing at Eglin Air Force Base Florida. Although it