16th Fighter Group, USAAF: Difference between revisions

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	16TH FIGHTER GROUP, USAAF Country:United States

Official blazon
English	Shield:Azure four lightning flashes bendwise or. Crest:on a wreath of the colors (or and azure) a portcullis or. Motto:Purgamus coelum.

Approved 4 December 1934. The Motto translates as "We clear the skies".

Literature: Air Force Combat Units of World War II.

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