83rd Bomb Squadron | 12th Bomb Group | 9th AAF, 10th AAF CBI and 12th AAF

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83rd Bomb Squadron
12th Bomb Group | 9th AAF, 10th AAF CBI and 12th AAF

LINEAGE. Constituted 83d Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 20 Nov 1940. Activated on 15 Jan 194.1. Redesignated 83d Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 30 Dec 1941. Inactivated on 22 Jan 1946.

ASSIGNMENTS. 12th Bombardment Group, 15 Jan 1941-22 Jan 1946.

STATIONS. McChord Field, Wash, 15 Jan 1941; Esler Field, La, 27 Feb3 Jul 1942 (operated from Stackton Field, Calif, 24 May-24 Jun 1942); Ismailia, Egypt, 13 Aug 1942; LG 88, Egypt, 18 Oct 1942; Gambut, Libya, 6 Dec 1942; Magrun LG, Libya, 14 Dec 1942; Gambut, Libya, 22 Dec 1942; Caste1 Benito, Libya, 16 Feb 1943; El Assa, Libya, 3 Mar 1943; Medenine, Tunisia, 4 Apr 1943; Sfax, Tunisia, 16 Apr 1943; Hergla, Tunisia, 3 Jun 1943; Ponte Olivo, Sicily, 2 Aug 1943; Gerbini, Sicily, 22 Aug 1943; Foggia, Italy, 5 Nov 1943; Gaudo Airfield, Italy, ig Jan4 Feb 1944; Kurmitola, India, 21 Mar 1944; Pandaveswar, India, 13 Jun 1944; Fenny, India, 18 Jul 1944 (operated from Magwe, Burma, 4-25 May 1945); Pandaveswar, India, 9 Jun 1945.

AIRCRAFT. B-18, 1941-1942; B-23, 1941-1942; B-25, 1942-1945; A-26, 1945.

OPERATIONS. Patrols over the Pacific from the west coast, Dec iwi-Feb 1942 and 24 May-24 Jun 1942; combat in MTO, 16 Aug 1942-30 Jan 1943, and in CBI, 27 Apr 1944-24 May 1945.

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

EMBLEM. On a red disk, border white, edged black, charged with an annulet of the last, a skeleton proper, robed and winged black, diving toward dextet base, while holding a black shield, edged white in the left hand and brandishing a white sword in the right hand. (Approved 8 Aug 1944.)

 

Theater-made. Embroidered on wool

 

 

 

Theater-made. Multi-piece leather, hand-painted.

 

 

 

Theater-made. Silkscreened leather.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Great design. Thanks for sharing.

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Nice squadron insignia!

Paul

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Unique...Thanks for sharing!