Photos - 54th Weather Recon Squadron
The AWA Weather Reconnaissance section contains photos from various Weather Recon units as shown at the links below. If you have a historical
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This page has six photos from the 54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (54 WRS) courtesy of the AFWA History Office and Bernie Barris. The 54WRS
is an inactive United States Air Force unit. 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.
The squadron was first organized as the 654th Bombardment Squadron in August 1944. Flying de
Havilland Mosquitos, the squadron provided weather and photographic reconnaissance and radar countermeasure support for VIII Bomber Command until
V-E Day. It returned to the United States and equipped with Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft equipped for reconnaissance missions. Redesignated
the 54th Reconnaissance Squadron it deployed to the Pacific, but arrived after hostilities had ended. It served until inactivating in 1947.
Redesignated the 54th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, the squadron resumed weather reconnaissance flights from Anderson Air Force Base, Guam,
including some supporting forces in the Korean War. It was redesignated the 54th Weather Reconnaissancee Squadron in 1956 before inactivating in
1960. The squadron was reactivated in 1962 and continued the Pacific weather reconnaissance mission until 1987.
For details, see the
Wikipedia page.
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54 WRS Christmas Drop
These photos are labeled the 54WRS Christmas Drop. No other information is available.
