5th Fighter Squadron 52nd Fighter Group 12th & 15th AAF "Spitten Kitten" | 5FS 52FG 12th & 15AAF | Theater-made patch

[walika]

5th Fighter Squadron 52nd Fighter Group 12th & 15th AAF | 5FS 52FG 12th & 15AAF
Spitten Kitten

LINEAGE. Constituted 5th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 20 Nov 1940. Activated on 15 Jan 1941. Redesignated 5th Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942. Inactivated on 7 Nov 1945.

STATIONS. Selfridge Field, Mich, 15 Jan 1941; Floyd Bennett Aprt, NY, 17 Dec 1941; Selfridge Field, Mich, 14 Jan 1942; Florence, SC, 18 Feb 1942; Wilmington, NC, 27 Apr 1942; Grenier Field, NH, 12 Jun-19 Jul 1942; Northern Ireland, ig Aug 1942; Goxhill, England, 26 Aug-27 Oct 1942; (air echelon arrived at Tafaraoui, Algeria, on 8 Nov 1942); La Senia, Algeria, 12 Nov 1942; Orleansville, Algeria, 1 Jan 1943; Telergma, Algeria, ig Jan 1943; Youks-les-Bains, Algeria, 8 Mar 1943; Le Sers, Tunisia, 12 Apr 1943; La Sebala, Tunisia, 20 May 1943; Bo Rizzo, Sicily, 1 Aug 1943; Corsica, 1 Dec 1943; Madna Airfield, Italy, 14 May 1944; Piagiolino Airfield, Italy, c. 24 Apr 1945; Lesina, Italy, c. 10 Jul-Aug 1945.

AIRCRAFT. P-40, 1941-1942; P-39, 1942; Spitfire, 1942-1944; P-51, 1944-1945.

OPERATIONS. Combat in ETO and MTO, Aug 1942-30 Apr 1945.

CAMPAIGNS. Air Offensive, Europe; Algeria-French Morocco; Tunisia; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Rome-Amo; Normandy; Northern France; Southern France; North Apennines; Rhineland; Central Europe; Po Valley; Air Combat, EAME Theater.

 

 

A small pilot's grouping . . .

 

 

Theater-made. Incised leather, hand-painted. 5-1/2".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Images below from American Air Museum in Britain . . .

 

 

 

P-51C-5-NT #42-103400 "Hazel" Code: VF-S
52nd Fighter Group - 5th Fighter Squadron - 15th AF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[The Iron Brigade]

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[Bill Scott]

Fantaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaastic.Scotty

[Johnny Signor]

On 5/7/2017 at 1:59 PM, walika said:

5th Fighter Squadron 52nd Fighter Group 12th & 15th AAF | 5FS 52FG 12th & 15AAF
Spitten Kitten

LINEAGE. Constituted 5th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 20 Nov 1940. Activated on 15 Jan 1941. Redesignated 5th Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942. Inactivated on 7 Nov 1945.

STATIONS. Selfridge Field, Mich, 15 Jan 1941; Floyd Bennett Aprt, NY, 17 Dec 1941; Selfridge Field, Mich, 14 Jan 1942; Florence, SC, 18 Feb 1942; Wilmington, NC, 27 Apr 1942; Grenier Field, NH, 12 Jun-19 Jul 1942; Northern Ireland, ig Aug 1942; Goxhill, England, 26 Aug-27 Oct 1942; (air echelon arrived at Tafaraoui, Algeria, on 8 Nov 1942); La Senia, Algeria, 12 Nov 1942; Orleansville, Algeria, 1 Jan 1943; Telergma, Algeria, ig Jan 1943; Youks-les-Bains, Algeria, 8 Mar 1943; Le Sers, Tunisia, 12 Apr 1943; La Sebala, Tunisia, 20 May 1943; Bo Rizzo, Sicily, 1 Aug 1943; Corsica, 1 Dec 1943; Madna Airfield, Italy, 14 May 1944; Piagiolino Airfield, Italy, c. 24 Apr 1945; Lesina, Italy, c. 10 Jul-Aug 1945.

AIRCRAFT. P-40, 1941-1942; P-39, 1942; Spitfire, 1942-1944; P-51, 1944-1945.

OPERATIONS. Combat in ETO and MTO, Aug 1942-30 Apr 1945.

CAMPAIGNS. Air Offensive, Europe; Algeria-French Morocco; Tunisia; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Rome-Amo; Normandy; Northern France; Southern France; North Apennines; Rhineland; Central Europe; Po Valley; Air Combat, EAME Theater.

 

 

A small pilot's grouping . . .

 

 

Theater-made. Incised leather, hand-painted. 5-1/2".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Images below from American Air Museum in Britain . . .

 

 

 

P-51C-5-NT #42-103400 "Hazel" Code: VF-S
52nd Fighter Group - 5th Fighter Squadron - 15th AF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 4 leather patches in this post of the 5th are leather ones I made some time ago, the WW2 bottom right and the others are post WW2 , Johnny Signor