[3][4] The squadron moved to Willow Run Airport, Michigan for conversion training on newly manufactured Ford Liberators.

[3] The squadron attacked enemy airfields, troop concentrations, ground installations and shipping in New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, Palau and the southern Philippines.

The unit participated in the Battle of Bismarck Sea in March 1943, and earned another citation for strikes on enemy airfields at Wewak, New Guinea in September 1943 despite heavy flak and fighter opposition.

[3] During 1944, the squadron took part in the New Guinea Campaign until the end of June, then made long-range raids on oil refineries at Balikpapan, Borneo, in September and October.

In January 1945, the squadron moved to the Philippines and supported ground forces on Luzon, attacked industrial targets on Formosa, and bombed railways, airfields, and harbor facilities on the Asiatic mainland.

[3] After VJ Day, the squadron flew reconnaissance missions over Japan and ferried Allied prisoners of war from Okinawa to Manila.

[12][f] In November 1952 it also began training replacement crews for the RB-29 reconnaissance model of the Superfortress and SHORAN personnel for Strategic Air Command (SAC).

[18] Download coordinates as: 41°07′59″N 104°52′01″W / 41.13306°N 104.86694°W / 41.13306; -104.86694 (Francis E. Warren AFB) This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency