23rd Bombardment Squadron | 5th Bombardment Group | Seventh and Thirteenth Air Force | In Hoc Signo Vinces

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23rd Bombardment Squadron | 5th Bombardment Group |  Seventh and Thirteenth Air Force

23rd Bomb Squadron 5th Bomb Group 7th AAF | In Hoc Signo Vinces

 

STATIONS. Hickam Field, TH, 1 Jan 1939; Mokuleia, TH, 24 Mar-3 Nov 1942; Espiritu Santo, 1 Dec 1942-3 Jan 1944 (operated from Guadalcanal, 31 Mar-24 Aug 1943, and 21 Oct-7 Dec 1943); Munda, New Georgia, 9 Jan 1944; Momote Airfield, Los Negros, 16 Apr 1944; Wakde, c. 20 Aug 1944; Noemfoor, c. 30 Sep 1944; Morotai, c. 16 Oct 1944; Samar, 20 Feb 1945.

 

AIRCRAFT. B-18, 1938-1942; B-17, 1941-1943; B-24, 1943-1945.

 

OPERATIONS. Patrols over the Pacific, 8 Dec 1941-Nov 1942; 26 Aug-18 Oct 1943; combat in South, Southwest, and Western Pacific, 27 Apr-16 Aug 1943, 22 Oct-6 Dec 1943, 22 Jan-1 Mar 1944, 18 Apr 1944-12 Aug 1945.

 

Motto: In Hoc Signo Vinces. Latin, meaning "in this sign shalt thou conquer", the motto used by Constantine the Great from his vision before battle of a cross bearing these words.

 

Handpainted on leather

Insignia inspired by the squadron's mission bombing lava flowing from Mauna Loa, thus diverting it from the city of Hilo, 27 Dec 1935.

 

 

 

Handpainted on aircraft fabric

 

 

 

 

Handpainted on silk

 

 

See 5th Bomb Group.

 

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