GENUINE WW2 355TH BOMBER SQUADRON 331ST BOMB GROUP ARMY AIR CORPS LEATHER PATCH

Description: You are bidding on a GENUINE, ORIGINAL ARMY AIR CORPS LEATHER FLYING PATCH of the 355th Bomber Squadron, 331st Bomber Group, 20th Air Force. See photos. The patch is in new, never issued condition. Silk screen on leather. The leather is still soft and pliable. Colors are bold. 355th and 356th Bombardment Squadrons (Very Heavy) | 331st Bombardment Group (Very Heavy) | Twentieth Air Force Constituted as 331st Bombardment Group (Heavy) on I Jul1942 and activated on 6 Jul. Assigned to Second AF. Equipped with B-17’s and B-24’s for duty as a replacement training unit. Inactivated on 1 Apr 1944. Redesignated 331st Bombardment Group (Very Heavy). Activated on 12 Jul 1944. Assigned to Second AF. Trained for combat with B-29’s. Moved to Guam, Apr-Jun 1945, and assigned to Twentieth AF. Bombed Japanese-held Truk late in Jun 1945. Flew first mission against the Japanese home islands on 9 Jul 1945 and afterward operated principally against the enemy’s petroleum industry on Honshu. Despite the hazards of bad weather, fighter attacks, and heavy flak, the 331st bombed the coal liquefaction plant at Ube, the Mitsubishi-Hayama petroleum complex at Kawasaki, and the oil refinery and storage facilities at Shimotsu, in Jul 1945, and received a DUC for the missions. After the war the group dropped food and supplies to Allied prisoners of war in Japan. Inactivated on Guam on 15 Apr 1946. SQUADRONS. 355th: 1944-1946. 356th: 1944-1946. 357th: 1944-1946. 461st: 1942-1944. 462d: 1942-1944. 463d: 1942-1944. 464th: 1942-1944. STATIONS. Salt Lake City AAB, Utah, 6 Jul 1942; Alamogordo, NM, 1 Aug 1942; Biggs Field, Tex, 5 Apr 1943-1 Apr 1944. Walker AAFM, Kan, I Apr 1944 7 Jan 1945; North Field, Guam, 18 Feb-15 Nov 1945; Camp Stoneman, Calif, unkn-3 Jan 1946.Salt Lake City AAB, Utah, 6 Jul 1942; Alamogordo, NM, 1 Aug 1942; Biggs Field, Tex, 5 Apr 1943-1 Apr 1944. Walker AAFM, Kan, I Apr 19447 Jan 1945; North Field, Guam, 18 Feb-15 Nov 1945; Camp Stoneman, Calif, unkn-3 Jan 1946. CAMPAIGNS. American Theater ; Air Offensive, Japan; Eastern Mandates; Western Pacific.American Theater; Air Offensive, Japan; Western Pacific. Please do not send me any purchase offers, as I will not stop an auction to delete sincerely tendered bids. I am proud to ship to our men and women serving overseas at APO/FPO addresses, and to any of these 50 United States. I do not ship coins or jewelry to Paypal accounts/eBay accounts that are NOT based in the U.S.A. Good luck and have fun bidding! Buyer is responsible for paying for U.S.P.S. Priority Mail shipping and handling at $8.95.

Price: 495 USD

Location: Omaha, Nebraska

End Time: 2025-01-27T02:47:56.000Z

Shipping Cost: 8.95 USD