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American Military Patches, Other Insignia and Decorations of World War Two by Dr. Howard G. Lanham c.2002

Other Cloth Insignia Not Shoulder Sleeve Insignia

Second World War

Army Air Force Flight Jacket Patches

Part Two: Bombardment Squadrons

Section Two: Bombardment (Bomber) Squadrons Number 500 and Up

500th Squadron 508th Squadron 509th Squadron 510th Squadron 527th Squadron

500th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
508th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
509th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
510th
(Courtesy: Howard L. Kelley)
527th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
529th Squadron 531st Squadron 532nd Squadron 535th Squadron 544th Squadron

529th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
531st (2)
(Courtesy: Howard L. Kelley)
532nd
(Courtesy: Frank Zimmerman)
535th
(Courtesy: Howard L. Kelley)
544th
(Courtesy: Sgt. Alan F. Jackson
and Gary Jackson)
552nd Squadron 556th Squadron 559th Squadron 568th Squadron 569th Squadron

552nd
(Courtesy: Michael Gorin)
556th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
559th
(Courtesy: Niles Laughner)
568th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
569th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
584th Squadron 585th Squadron 596th Squadron 597th Squadron 601st Squadron

584th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
585th
(Courtesy: John Chapman)
596th
(Courtesy: Donald Hoch)
597th(3)
(Courtesy: Howard L. Kelley)
601st
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
603rd Squadron 614th Squadron 644th Squadron 651st Squadron 652nd Squadron

603rd
(Courtesy: Howard L. Kelley)
614th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
644th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
651st
(Courtesy: Howard L. Kelley)
652nd
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
677th Bomb Sq 703rd Squadron 704th Squadron 705th Bomb Sq 708th Squadron

677th
(Courtesy: Jon Bortles)
703rd
(Courtesy: Howard L. Kelley)
704th
(Courtesy: Howard L. Kelley)
705th
(Courtesy: Frank Jackson)
708th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
709rd Squadron 711th Squadron 717th Squadron 731st Squadron 753rd Squadron

709th
(Courtesy: John Thomas Lee)
711th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
717th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
731st
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
753rd
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
772nd Squadron 774th Squadron 777th Squadron 789th Squadron 812th Squadron

772nd
(Courtesy: Howard L. Kelley)
774th
(Courtesy: Bob Borrell)
777th
(Courtesy: Howard L. Kelley)
789th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
812th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
814th Squadron 814th Squadron 835th Squadron 865th Squadron 867th Squadron 1

814th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
826th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
835th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
865th
(Courtesy: Clifford Orth)
867th
(Courtesy: J.M.Crawford family)
867th Squadron 2 869th Squadron 870th Squadron 873rd Squadron 877th Squadron

867th Variation
(Courtesy: J.M.Crawford family)
869th
(Courtesy: HvR. Sandeman)
870th
(Courtesy: Howard L. Kelley)
873rd
(Courtesy: Mike Harnsberger)
877th
(Courtesy: Jay Graybeal)

There were many hundreds of squadron patches and I have only a few examples of them. The 1944 Special Issue of the National Geographic Magazine includes several pages of squadron insignia and is a good, but incomplete reference. A more complete reference is the book Combat Squadrons of the Air Force World War II edited by Maurer Maurer, but it can be misleading in that it often uses postwar designs for the illustration of the official squadron insignia. I hope that we will be able to include more images from viewers as they become available.


NOTES:
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