Air Force Combat Units of WWII

AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS-GROUPS 297the first; all between a star in sinister chiefand a lightning bolt in dexter base of thefifth. (Approved 22 May 1957.)413th FIGHTER GROUPConstituted as 413th Fighter Group on5 Oct 1944 and activated on 15 Oct.Trained for very-long-range operationswith P-47’s. Moved to the Asiatic-PacificTheater, Apr-Jun 1945. Assigned toTwentieth AF; reassigned to the Eighthearly in Aug 1945. Flew a few strafingSQUADRONS. 29th: 1944-1946. 31st: missions from Saipan to the Truk Islands1944-1946. 445th: 1944-1946; 1g55-.in May before beginning operations fromSTATIONS. Muroc, Calif, 29 Nov 1943;Ie Shima in Jun. Engaged in dive-bomb-Palmdale AAFld, Calif,ing and strafing attacks on factories, radarI Jun 1944;Bakersfield Mun Arpt, Calif,stations, airfields, small ships, and other11 Oct 1944;Santa Maria AAFld, Calif,targets in Japan. Made several attacks10 Jul 1945;March Field, Calif, c. 29 Nov 1945-3 Jul on shipping and airfields in China duringJul. Flew its only escort mission on 81946. Wurtsmith AFB, Mich, 18 AugAug 1945 when it covered Eb2g’s during1955-*COMMANDERS. Capt Brunner R Coke, a raid against Yawata, Japan. Served as29 Nov 1943; Maj John w Mitchell, Dec a part of the air defense and occupation1943; Col Homer A Boushey, 11 Jan 1944;Col David L Hill, 29 Sep-1945; Col BruceK Holloway, 30 Jan-3 Jul1946. Col RalphA Tiylor Jr, 1955-.CAMPAIGNS. American Theater.DECORATIONS. None.INSIGNE. Shield: Per bend azure andsable; a stylized jet aircraft, in bend, pointto dexter chief, argent, with swirling jetstream moving to sinister base gules,streaked or, the end of the jet stream superimposedover a cloud formation issuingfrom sinister base of the third, shaded ofr-*)