24th Combat Mapping Squadron

Constituted 24th Photographic Mapping Squadron on 14 Jul 1942. Activated on 2 Sep 1942. Redesignated: 24th Photographic Squadron (Heavy) on 6 Feb 1943; 24th Combat Mapping Squadron on 11 Aug 1943. Inactivated on 15 Jun 1946.

Insignia approved on 2 Apr 1945. Indian made painted multi piece leather.

Stations. Colorado Springs, CO, 2 Sep 1942; Will Rogers Field, OK, 13 Oct-8 Nov 194.3; Guskhara, India, 5 Jan 1944 (detachments operated from Hsinching, China, 17 Mar-9 Apr 1944; Jorhat, India, 9-22 Apr 1944; Hsinching, China, 27 Apr-c. 1 Jul 1944; Liuchow, China, 10 Jul-22 Sep 1944; Chanyi, China, 22 Sep 1944-17 Feb 1945 [elements at Hsinching, China, Oct-Nov 1944, and at Pengshan, China, Nov 1944; Tulihal and Cox’s Bazar, India, Feb-c. Apr 1945; Air echelon at Clark Field, Luzon, after 18 Dec 1945); Calcatta, India, 23 Dec 1945; Kanchrapara, India, 27 Dec 1945-17 Jan 1946; Clark Field, Luzon, 29 Jan-15 Jun 1946 (detachment operated from Sydney, Australia, Jan-15 Jun 1946).