71st Bombardment Squadron (71st BS) "The Wolf Pack"
U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF), 5th Air Force (5th AF), 38th Bombardment Group (38th BG)

Background
On November 20, 1940 constituted as 71st Bombardment Squadron (Medium). Nicknamed "The Wolf Pack". On January 15, 1941 activated at Langley Field in Virginia as part of the 38th Bombardment Group (38th BG) in the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). On On June 20, 1941 became part of the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF).

Wartime History
On February 1942 arrives Eagle Farm Field (Doomben) in Australia.

On March 8, 1942 moves to Ballarat Airfield.

On April 29, 1942 moves to Batchelor Field near Darwin.

On August 12, 1942 moves to Breddan Airfield. On September 15, 1942 the squadron flies their first mission.

On October 1, 1942 moves to 17 Mile Drome (Durand) near Port Moresby in New Guinea.

B-25D "Battlin' Biffy" 41-29701  pilot Carey crashed October 5, 1942, two executed

On October 23, 1942 lost is B-25C "Yankee Vengeance" 41-12889 pilot 2nd Lt. Edward Q. May, Jr. missing on a flight bound for Garbutt Field at Townsville, 4 missing.

B-25D "Sunsetter's Son" 41-29707  pilot Menoher crashed December 1, 1942

B-25D "Royal Flush" 41-29708  pilot Brinkman ditched January 7, 1943

On January 8, 1943 lost is B-25C "Pistoff" 41-12830  pilot 1st Lt William R. Lett ditched Collingwood Bay near Wanigela.

B-25D 41-30496  pilot Ducci crashed July 27, 1943

B-25D 41-30221  pilot Uhler crashed August 2, 1943

B-25D 41-30247  pilot Schumacker shot down September 2, 1943 off Wewak Harbor

B-25D 41-30240  pilot Hastings ditched November 2, 1943, 2 missing

B-25C "Pissonit" 41-30370  pilot  Benson ditched February 15, 1944

B-25D "Bar Fly" 41-30593  pilot Captain Robert J. Henderson force landed February 29, 1944

B-25D "Sweet Jeanne" 41-30189  force landed April 16, 1944

B-25D 41-30182  pilot Hurst MIA July 1, 1944 wreckage found postwar, revisited 1980, 2003

B-25C "Row Row Binder II" 41-12905  written off July 24, 1944 at Mokmer Drome, Biak.

On February 1, 1945 moves to Lingayen Airfield on Luzon in the Philippines.

On July 25, 1945 moves to Okinawa.

Postwar
On November 22, 1945 moves to Itazuke Airfield on Kyūshū Island in Japan. On May 6, 1946 redesignated 71st Bombardment Squadron (Light). On October 26, 1946 moves to Itami.

On September 18, 1947 becomes part of the U.S. Air Force (USAF). On April 1, 1949 inactivated. On January 1, 1953 activated in the 38th Bombardment Group (38th BG) at Laon Air Base in France. On Deceember 8, 1957 becomes part of the 38th Bombardment Wing (38th BW). On June 18, 1958 moves to Bitburg Air Base in Germany assigned to the 585th Tactical Missle Group operating the Martin Mace missile. On September 25 1962 assigned to the assigned to the 38th Tactical Missile Wing.

Awards
Distinguished Unit Citation: Papua July 21, 1942–January 23, 1943, New Britain December 24-26, 1943, New Guinea June 16-17, 1944, New Guinea June 17-17, 1944, Leyte November 10, 1944
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award April 1, 1956–March 1, 1958, April 1, 1959–January 30, 1961

References
Combat Squadrons of the Air Force World War II (1982) page 261 (71st Bombardment) [PDF page 273]
Sun Setters of the Southwest Pacific Area (2011) 38th Bombardment Group definitive group history published by the 38th BG Association