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Other Cloth Insignia Not Shoulder Sleeve Insignia

Second World War

Army Air Force Flight Jacket Patches

Part Three: Fighter Groups and Squadrons

Fighter Groups

41st fighter gr. 79st fighter gr. 90th fighter gr. 332nd fighter gr. 365th fighter gr.
41st
(Courtesy: Howard L. Kelley) 		79th
(Courtesy: Clifford Orth) 		90th
(Courtesy: Howard L. Kelley) 		332nd
(Courtesy: Ron Card) 		365th
(Courtesy: Bill Daniel)

Fighter Squadrons


Prior to May 15, 1942 Fighter Squadrons were called Pursuit Squadrons.
7th Fighter 13th Fighter 16th Pursuit 18th Fighter 19th fighter sq.
7th
(Courtesy: Brian McAtee) 		13th
(Courtesy: Howard L. Kelley) 		16th
Chinese Version
(Courtesy: Jay Graybeal) 		18th
(Courtesy: Lars Kleine) 		19th
(Courtesy: Bob Borrell)
22nd Squadron 32nd Squadron 36th Squadron 53rd Squadron 62th Squadron
22nd
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman) 		32nd
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman) 		36th 53rd
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman) 		62nd
(Courtesy: Jay Graybeal)
67th Squadron 71th Squadron 74th Squadron 78th Squadron 79th Squadron
67th
(Courtesy: Jay Graybeal) 		71st
NOTE: 1 		74th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman) 		78th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman) 		79th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
80th Squadron 83rd Squadron 85th Squadron 86th Squadron 87th Squadron
80th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman) 		83rd
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman) 		85th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman) 		86th
(Courtesy: Al Smith) 		87th
(Courtesy: Howard L. Kelley)
89th Squadron 92nd Squadron 95th Squadron 96th Squadron 99th Squadron
89th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman) 		92nd
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman) 		95th
(Courtesy: Howard L. Kelley) 		96th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman) 		99th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
307th Squadron 310th Squadron 318th Squadron 319th Squadron 320th Squadron
307th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman) 		310th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman) 		318th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman) 		319th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman) 		320th
321st Squadron 334th Squadron 339th Squadron 354th Squadron 358th Squadron
321st
(Courtesy: Bill Best) 		334th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman) 		339th
(Courtesy: Constance A. Lowe and
Tech. Sgt. Claude Kerrick Lowe) 		354th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman) 		358th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
360th Squadron 363rd Squadron 366th Squadron 370th Squadron 374th Squadron
360th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman) 		363rd
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman) 		366th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman) 		370th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman) 		374th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
376th Squadron 383rd Fighter Squadron 394th Squadron 397th Squadron 398th Squadron
376th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman) 		383rd
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman) 		394th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman) 		397th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman) 		398th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)

Fighter Squadrons with Numbers Greater Than 400, Night Fighters and Fighter-Bombers

There were many hundreds of squadron patches and I have only a few examples of them. The 1944 Special Issue of the National Geographic Magazine includes several pages of squadron insignia and is a good, but incomplete reference. A more complete reference is the book Combat Squadrons of the Air Force World War II edited by Maurer Maurer, but it can be misleading in that it often uses postwar designs for the illustration of the official squadron insignia. I hope that we will be able to include more images from viewers as they become available.

NOTES:
  1. The patch was designed by Baldy Smedley
  2. Originally 491st Fighter Squadron and redesignated 491st Fighter Bomber on August 10, 1943. This nonprofit site depicts original insignia of the Second World War and in doing so intends no infringement on the intellectual property rights of the Walt Disney Corporation who hold a copyright on the character in this design.
  3. The design is a skull on its side.

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