Its last assignment was to the 41st Rescue and Weather Reconnaissance Wing at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, where it was inactivated on 30 September 1987.

Flying de Havilland Mosquitos, the squadron provided weather and photographic reconnaissance and radar countermeasure support for VIII Bomber Command until V-E Day.

Weather reconnaissance for VIII Bomber Command prior to March 1944 was provided on an ad hoc basis.

Rather than continuing to rely on individual bombardment units to perform this mission, on 22 March 1944, Eighth Air Force formed the 8th Reconnaissance Group (Provisional) at RAF Cheddington.

It often flew hazardous reconnaissance missions into tropical storms and typhoons to obtain accurate meteorological information.

The squadron was reactivated in 1960 with a mixture of WB-50s, Boeing WB-47 Stratojets and Lockheed C-130 Hercules and resumed its typhoon hunting mission.

There were no radio transmissions indicating an emergency on board, and search teams could not locate the aircraft or its crew.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency