390th Bombardment Squadron | 42nd Bombardment Group | 13th AAF | theater-made insignia

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390th Bombardment Squadron | 42nd Bombardment Group | 13th AAF

LINEAGE. Constituted 390th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 4 Mar 1942. Activated on 20 Mar 1942. Inactivated on 27 Jan 1946.

ASSIGNMENTS. 42d Bombardment Group, 20 Mar 1942-27 Jan 1946.

STATIONS. Gowen Field, Idaho, 20 Mar 1942; McChord Field, Wash, 20 Mar 1942-15 Mar 1943; New Caledonia, 15 Apr 1943; Fiji Islands, 23 Apr 1943; Guadalcanal, 11 May 1943; Russell Islands, 22 Oct 1943 (operated from Stirling Island, 8 Mar-8 May 1944, and 17 Jun-24 Jul 1944); Hollandia, New Guinea, c. 7 Aug 1944; Sansapor, New Guinea, 23 Aug 194.4 (operated from Morotai, 24 Feb-c. 20 Mar 1945); Puerto Princesa, Palawan, c. 21 Mar 1945-27 Jan 1946.

AIRCRAFT. B-18, 1942; A-29, 1942; B-26, 1942-1943; B-25, 1942-1945.

OPERATIONS. Antisubmarine patrols, Mar 1942-Mar 1943; combat in South and Southwest Pacific, 25 Jun 1943-22 Jul 1944, 3 Sep 1944-14 Aug 1945.

CAMPAIGNS. Antisubmarine, American Theater; China Defensive; New Guinea; Northern Solomons; Bismarck Archipelago; Western Pacific; Leyte; Luzon; Southern Philippines; China Offensive.

EMBLEM. Over and through a light pastel blue green disc, a caricatured, black wolf holding a yellow dagger with red handle in the mouth, a revolver being fired, proper, in the right hand, and a large gray cannon fired at the muzzle, proper, under the left arm, while standing on top of twin, light red, aircraft engine nacelles, in flight toward dexter, banded together by a large yellow rope and supporting a blue aerial bomb, banded white. (Approved 8 Mar 1945.)

 

Theater-made. Hand-painted on leather.

 

The 390th Bomb Squadron was assigned to the 42nd Bomb Group in 1942, joined in 1943 by several squadrons from the 38th Bomb Group.

42nd Bombardment Group | 13th AAF CBI | "The Crusaders"

See post, here.

 

Theater made. | Hand-painted on canvas.

 

SQUADRONS. 69th: 1943-1946. 70th: 1943-1946. 75th: 1941-1946. 76th: 1941-1943. 100th: 1945. 390th: 1942-1946. 406th: 1942-1943.

 

See these related posts for more:

 

69th Bombardment Squadron

 

70th Bombardment Squadron

 

75th Bombardment Squadron

 

 

Sources:
Maurer. Air Force Combat Squadrons of World War II.

Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II.

 

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390th Bomb Squadron 42nd Bomb Group | 13th AAF