SMS-23 | Service Maintenance Squadron | Disney design

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SMS-23 | Service Maintenance Squadron | Disney design

Date Commissioned: 7.1.42
Date Decommissioned: 11.1.45
Nickname of Unit: n/a
Name of Artist: Walt Disney Studios
Authorization: HQMC
Acknowledgements: Disney Studio Archives
Manufacturing Details: Decal on leather.

This unit was an element of Marine Aircraft Group 23, part of Third Marine Aircraft Wing. MAG-23 moved in eschelons from Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, British Solomons. It saw action in the defense of Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Aug 1942-Oct 1942. Service included the Pacific theater, including Midway and Guadacanal.

 

This example below was formerly in the Millstein, collection.

 

 

Decal on leather. Design by Walt Disney Studios.

 

Sources

Millstein, Jeff. U. S. Marine Corps Aviation Unit Insignia 1941-1946. p 113.