384th Bombardment Squadron (Dive) aka 530th Fighter-Bomber Squadron | 311th Fighter Group | 10th & 14th AAF

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384th Bombardment Squadron (Dive) aka 530th Fighter-Bomber Squadron | 311 Bomb Group (Dive) and 311 Fighter Group | 10th AAF and 14th AAF | CBI

LINEAGE. Constituted 384th Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 28 Jan 1942. Activated on 2 Mar 1942. Redesignated: 384th Bombardment Squadron ( Dive) on 27 Jul 1942; 530th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 30 Sep 1943; 530th Fighter Squadron on 30 May 1944. Inactivated on 16 Feb 1946.

ASSIGNMENTS. 311th Bombardment (later Fighter-Bomber; Fighter) Group, 2 Mar 1942-6 Jan 1946.

STATIONS. Will Rogers Field, Okla, 2 Mar 1942; Hunter Field, Ga, 4 Jul 1942; Waycross, Ga, 22 Oct 1942-18 Jul 1943; Nawadih, India, 20 Sep 194.3; Dinjan, India, 18 Oct 1943 (detachment operated from Kurmitola, India, 21 Oct-Nov 1943; 28 May-11 Jun 1944); Kwanghan, China, 21 Oct 1944 (detachment operated from Hsian, China, 30 Oct 1944-21 Feb 1945); Pungchacheng, China, 5 May 1945; Hsian, China, Aug 1945; Shanghai, China, 17 Oct 1945-16 Feb 1946.

AIRCRAFT. Vultee V-72 Vengeance, 1942; North American Aircraft A-36 Invader, 1942-1944; P-51,1944-1945.

OPERATIONS. Combat in CBI, 17 Oct 1943-21 Ju1 1945.

CAMPAIGNS. India-Burma; China Defensive; China Offensive.

INSIGNIA. A good gremlin targeting a bomb. Approved 16 Apr 1943.
 

Embroidered on wool. This very patch is pictured in Maquire, p 242.

 

Reminiscence by Jim Wall, pilot in the 530th Fighter Squadron, here.
 

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Sources:
Maguire, Jon A. More Silver Wings, Pinks & Greens. Schiffer Publishing. 1996
Maurer. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force World War II.
National Geographic Society. Insignia and Decorations of the U. S. Armed Forces. Revised, December, 1944. p 175.
Poulder, Jerome. The Comprehensive Illustrated Guide to USAF Insignia. Vol. 4, p 143.
Watkins, Robert A. Battle Colors. Volume VI. p 41.

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