 Engaged in long-range strategic bombardment operations over Occupied Europe and Nazi Germany, March 1944-May 1945 attacking enemy military and industrial targets as part of the United States' air offensive against Nazi Germany.Most personnel demobilized in Europe after the German capitulation in May 1945; squadron inactivated as a paper unit in November.Reactivated in 1947 as a B-29 Superfortress squadron in the reserves, however not equipped until 1949 when equipped with B-26 Invader light bomber.