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82nd Bombardment Squadron 12th Bombardment Group | MTO and CBI


LINEAGE. Constituted 82d Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 20 Nov 1940. Activated on 15 Jan 1941. Redesignated 82d Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 30 Dec 1941.

STATIONS. McChord Field, Wash, 15 Jan 1941; Esler Field, La, 27 Feb-3 Jul 1942 (operated from Stockton Field, Calif, 24 May-24 Jun 1942); Deversoir, Egypt, 2 Aug 1942; LG 88, Egypt, 15 Oct 1942; Gambut, Libya, 5 Dec 1942; Magrun LG, Libya, 14 Dec 1942; Gambut, Libya, 16 Dec 1942; Tmed El Chel, Libya, 10 Jan 1943; Berteaux, Algeria, 4 Feb 1943; Canrobert, Algeria, 15 Mar 1943; Thibar, Tunisia, 1 May 1943; Hergla, Tunisia, 2 Jun 1943; Ponte Olivo, Sicily, c. 2 Aug 1943; Gerbini, Sicily, 22 Aug 1943; Foggia, Italy, 3 Nov 1943; Gaudo Airfield, Italy, 19 Jan-4 Feb 1944; Tezgaon, India, 19 Mar 1944; Pandaveswar, India, 15 Jun 1944; Fenny, India, 20 Ju1 1944 (operated from Meiktila, Burma, 10-28 Apr 1945); Madhaiganj Airfield, India, 8 Jun 1945; Karachi, India, 18 Nov-24 Dec 1945.

AIRCRAFT. PT-17, 1941-1942; B-18, 1941-1942; B-25, 1942-1945.

OPERATIONS. Patrols over the Pacific from the west coast, Dec 1941-Feb 1942 and 24 May-24 Jun 1942; combat in MTO, 16 Aug 1942-30 Jan 1944, and in CBI, 21 Apr 1944-26 May 1945.

CAMPAIGNS. Egypt-Libya; Tunisia; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno; Air Combat, EAME Theater; India-Burma; China Defensive; Central Burma.

 

 

Theater-made. Multi-piece leather. Hand-ink detail. 5".

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Theater-made. Multi-piece leather. Hand-ink detail. 4-5/8".

 

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Theater-made. Embroidered bullion. Hand-ink detail. 5-1/2".

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"Dog Daize" B-25H 43-4381 of the 82 BS. Squadron numbers were 26-50.

 

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My great grandfather was a crew chief in the 82nd Bomb Squadron and during hes time enlisted he put some nose art on a plane and named it the sweet Loraine after his daughter (my grandmother)

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