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American Military Patches, Other Insignia and Decorations of World War Two by Dr. Howard G. Lanham c.2002

Other Cloth Insignia Not Shoulder Sleeve Insignia

Second World War

Army Air Force Flight Jacket Patches

Part Two: Bombardment (Bomber) Squadrons

Section One: Squadrons Numbered to 499th

4th Bomb Squadron 9th Bomb Squadron 1 9th Bomb Squadron 11th Squadron 13th Bomb sq

4th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
9th
(Courtesy: Bill Daniel)
9th (1)
(Courtesy: Paul E. Humphries
and Lisa Sakabu )
11th
(Courtesy: Howard L. Kelley)
13th
(Courtesy: Ron Card)
16th Bomb Squadron 18th Squadron 83rd Squadron 97th Squadron 311th Squadron

16th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
18th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
83rd
(Courtesy: Annette Krupp
and Charles Lamperti)
97th
(Courtesy: Mark O'Boyle
and Kenneth J. O'Boyle)
311th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
313th Bomb Sq. 319th Squadron 320th Squadron 321st Squadron 322nd Squadron

313th
(Courtesy: Donald Hoch)
319th
(Courtesy: Howard L. Kelley)
320th
(Courtesy: Howard L. Kelley)
321th
(Courtesy: Howard L. Kelley)
322nd
(Courtesy: Bobby Poston)
326th Bomb Squadron 328th BS 329th Squadron 338th Squadron 342nd Squadron

326th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
328th
(Courtesy: Tim Sawyer)
329th
(Courtesy: Howard L. Kelley)
338th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
342th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
350th Squadron 355th Squadron 367th Squadron 369th Squadron 375th Squadron

350th
(Courtesy: Robert Tharratt
and Bruce Armstrong)
355th
(Courtesy: Howard L. Kelley)
367th
(Courtesy: Howard L. Kelley)
369th
(Courtesy: Howard L. Kelley)
375th
(Courtesy: Gabe Burbano)
378th Squadron 381 Bomb Sq 388th Squadron 398th Squadron 402nd Squadron

378th
381st
(Courtesy: Ron Card)
388th
(Courtesy: Mark Spiegel)
398th
(Courtesy: Howard L. Kelley)
402nd
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
407th Squadron 409th Squadron 413th Squadron 416th Squadron 409th Squadron

407th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
409th
(Courtesy: Clifford Orth)
413th
(Courtesy: Alan Boyle)
416th
(Courtesy: Bob Borrell)
417th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
420th Squadron 425th Squadron 435th Squadron 441st Squadron 442nd Squadron

420th
(Courtesy: Howard L. Kelley)
425th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
435th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
441st
(Courtesy: Vivian)
442nd
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
461st Squadron 471st Squadron 472nd Squadron 473rd Squadron 487th Squadron

461st
(Courtesy: Howard L. Kelley)
471st
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
472nd
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
473rd
(Courtesy: Bob Borrell)
487th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
490th Squadron 497th Squadron

490th
(Courtesy: Howard L. Kelley)
497th
(Courtesy: Howard L. Kelley)

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 official patch had a silver "IX" on a gray field. This unofficial one was worn in India.
  2. 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. 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 Warner Bros. Entertainment who hold a copyright on the character in this design.

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