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11th Bombardment Group | 14th, 26th & 98th Bomb Squadrons | Thirteenth AAF | 13th AAF | CBI

 

14th Bomb Squadron, 26th Bomb Squadron and  98th Bomb Squadron

 

Constituted as 11th Observation Group in 1933. Redesignated 11th Bombardment Group (Medium) in 1938. Activated in Hawaii on I Feb 1940. Redesignated 11th Bombardment Group (Heavy) in Nov 1940. Assigned to Seventh AF in Feb 1941. Trained with B-18’s; received B-17’s for operations. Flew patrol and search missions off Hawaii after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

 

Moved to the New Hebrides in Jul 1942. Became part of Thirteenth AF. Struck airfields, supply dumps, ships, docks, troop positions, and other objectives in the South Pacific, Jul-Nov 1942, and received a DUC for those operations. Continued operations, attacking Japanese airfields, installations, and shipping in the Solomons, until late in Mar 1943. Returned to Hawaii, reassigned to Seventh AF, and trained with B-24’s.

 

Resumed combat in Nov 1943 and participated in the Allied offensive through the Gilberts, Marshalls, and Marianas, while operating from Funafuti, Tarawa, and Kwajalein. Moved to Guam in Oct 1944 and attacked shipping and airfields in the Volcano and Bonin Islands. Moved to Okinawa in Jul 1945 to take part in Japan, bombing railways, airfields, and harbor facilities on Kyushu and striking airfields in China. After the war, flew reconnaissance and surveillance missions to China and ferried liberated prisoners of war from Okinawa to Luzon. Remained in the theater as part of Far East Air Forces but had no personnel assigned after mid-Dec 1945 when the group was transferred to the Philippines.

 

SQUADRONS. 14th: 1940-1941. 26th: 1940-1948; 1948-1952. 42d: 1940-1948; 98th: 1941-1948; 431st: 1942-1946.

 

STATIONS. Hickam Field, TH, New Hebrides, Jul 1942; Hickam Field, TH, 8 Apr 1943; Funafuti, Nov 1943; Tarawa, 20 Jan 1944; Kwajalein, 5 Apr 1944; Guam, 25 Oct 1944; Okinawa, 2 Jul 1945.

 

CAMPAIGNS. Central Pacific; Air Offensive, Japan; Guadalcanal; Northern Solomons; Eastern Mandates; Western Pacific; Ryukyus ; China Offensive.

 

INSIGNE. Shield: Azure (Air Force blue), on a bend or (Air Force yellow), three grey geese volant proper (in their natural colors). Crest: On a wreath or and azure a grey goose proper with wings displayed and inverted. Motto: PROGRESSIO SINE TIMORE AUT PRAE JUDICIO - Progress without Fear or Prejudice. (Approved II Jun 1941.)

 

 

Decal and paint on leather.

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14th Bomb Squadron

 

EMBLEM. On a hurt the dome of the United States Capitol argent within a border of sixteen segments alternating azure and or. ( Approved 10 May 1933.)

 

Decal on leather. (Early War period.)

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Decal on leather.

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Theater-made. Embroidered on wool.

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Chenille and embroidery on wool (capitol).

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26th Bomb Squadron

 

EMBLEM. On a shield parted per bend blue and orange [orange and blue], a clenched hand couped at the wrist counterchanged. (Approved 15 Feb 1924.)

 

Decal on leather.

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Theater-made. Embroidered on satin.

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98th Bomb Squadron

 

EMBLEM.  On a grayed medium blue disc, wide border red, a caricatured yellow orange aerial bomb with flesh color arms, face portraying impudence, with right thumb crossing red tongue, expressing
pugnacious anticipation, while falling toward base and emitting speed lines to rear. (Approved 20 Sep 1944.)

 

Theater-made. Australian fully embroidered.

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Painted on leather.

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

Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II.

 

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