2nd Bomb Squadron | 22nd Bomb Group | "The Red Raiders" |5th AAF | theater-made insignia

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2nd Bomb Squadron | 22nd Bomb Group | "The Red Raiders" | 5th AAF

LINEAGE. Constituted 2d Bombardment Squadron on 1 Jan 1938. Redesignated 2d Bombardment Squadron (Medium). Activated on 1 Feb 1940. Redesignated 2d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 3 Feb 1944.

ASSIGNMENT. 22d Bombardment Group, 1 Feb 1940.

STATIONS. Bolling Field, DC, 1 Feb 1940; Langley Field, Va, 14 Nov 1940; Muroc, Calif, c. g Dec 1941-29 Jan 1942; Brisbane, Australia, 25 Feb 1942; Ipswich, Australia, 2 Mar 1942; Townsville, Australia, 7 Apr 1942; Reid River, Australia, g Apr 1942; Dobodura, New Guinea, 9 Oct 1943; Nadzab, New Guinea, 19 Dec 1943; Owi, Schouten Islands, 11 Aug 1944; Leyte, c. 19 Nov 1944; Angaur, c. 28 Nov 1944; Samar, 20 Jan 1945; Clark Field, Luzon, Mar 1945; Okinawa, 18 Aug 1945.

AIRCRAFT. B-18, 1940-1941; B-26, 1941-1943; B-25, 1943-1944; B-24, 1944-1945.

OPERATIONS. Antisubmarine patrols, Dec 1941-Jan 1942; combat in Southwest and Western Pacific, 8 Apr 1942-3 Jan 1943, 5 Oct 1943-24 Jul 1945.

CAMPAIGNS. Antisubmarine, American Theater; East Indies; Air Offensive, Japan; China Defensive; Papua; New Guinea; Northern Solomons; Bismarck Archipelago; Western Pacific; Leyte; Luzon; Southern Philippines; China Offensive; Air Combat, Asiatic-Pacific Theater.

 

Type I: Silkscreened on linen.

 

 

Type II | Theater-made. Australian embroidery on wool.

 

 

Type III | Theater-made. Australian multi-piece wool under white linen cloth with embroidered emblem.

 

 

Type IV | Theater-made. Australian embroidery on wool.

 

 

 

22nd Bomb Group | "The Red Raiders" | 5th AAF

 

 

 

Each of the four squadrons in the 22 Bomb Group had a variation of the "Red Raiders" insignia, the border color its assigned color used on aircraft markings. At some point, the 2d Bomb Squadron's color was changed to blue to reduce friendly-fire incidents.

 

 

SQUADRONS: 2nd (Red), 19th (White), 33rd (Yellow) and 408th (Green)

 

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Maurer. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force World War II.

Watkins, Robert A. Battle Colors. Volume V.

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