31st Bombardment Squadron | 5th Bombardment Group | Thirteenth Air Force

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31st Bombardment Squadron | 5th Bombardment Group | Thirteenth Air Force

 

STATIONS. Hickam Field, TH, 8 Feb 1938; Kipapa, TH, 23 May 1942; Kualoa, TH, 9 Sep-9 Nov 1942; Espiritu Santo, 30 Nov 1942; Guadalcanal, 17 Jan 1943 (operated from Munda, New Georgia, 2 Feb-13 Mar 1944); Momote Airfield, Los Negros, c. 20 Apr 1944; Wakde, c. 20 Aug 1944; Noemfoor, 26 Sep 1944; Morotai, c. 16 Oct 1944; Samar, c. 17 Mar 1945.

 

AIRCRAFT. B-18, 1937-1942; B-17, 1941-1943; B-24; 1943-1945.

 

OPERATIONS. Patrols from Hawaii, c. 14 Dec 1941-Nov 1942; combat in South, Southwest, and Western Pacific, 17 Jan 1943-12 Aug 1945.

 

CAMPAIGNS. Central Pacific; Guadalcanal; New Guinea; Northern Solomons; Eastern Mandates; Bismarck Archipelago; Western Pacific; Leyte; Luzon; Southern Philippines; China Offensive; Air Combat, Asiatic-Pacific Theater.

 

EMBLEM. On a black triangle, one point up, bordered white, a skull and cross-bones proper. (Approved 10 Sep 1934.)

 

 

Painted Leather.

 

 

 

Silkscreened on leather.

 

 

 

Chenille

 

 

See 5th Bomb Group.

 

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