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Chest Insignia, 53rd Fighter Squadron, 36th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force, Leather
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Superb reproduction of the chest badge of 53rd Fighter Squadron, 36th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force, hand-painted on a piece of leather.
Activated on January 1, 1941, it became in 1943 one of the three fighter squadrons of the 36th Fighter Group, equipped with P-47 Thunderbolts (fuselage code 6V).
After several months of intensive training in Puerto Rico and service in the Caribbean , the squadron arrived in England in April 1944, where it was assigned to the 9th Air Force. Its primary missions were to provide escort for the B-17 and B-24 heavy bombers, while also carrying out ground attacks.
On June 6, 1944, its mission was to to support the invasion from the air and attack strategic German installations.
This large insignia (12.5 cm in diameter) was worn by P-47 pilots on their A-2 jackets.
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Superb reproduction of the chest badge of 53rd Fighter Squadron, 36th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force, hand-painted on a piece of leather.
Activated on January 1, 1941, it became in 1943 one of the three fighter squadrons of the 36th Fighter Group, equipped with P-47 Thunderbolts (fuselage code 6V).
After several months of intensive training in Puerto Rico and service in the Caribbean , the squadron arrived in England in April 1944, where it was assigned to the 9th Air Force. Its primary missions were to provide escort for the B-17 and B-24 heavy bombers, while also carrying out ground attacks.
On June 6, 1944, its mission was to to support the invasion from the air and attack strategic German installations.
This large insignia (12.5 cm in diameter) was worn by P-47 pilots on their A-2 jackets.