509th Bombardment Wing, US Air Force
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509TH BOMBARDMENT WING, US AIR FORCE
 (Historical - 509th Composite/Bombardment Group) |
 (Modern) |
Official blazon
509th Composite/Bombardment Group - Or, in base a label of three points gules, surmounted by an atomic cloud proper, between a pair of wings conjonied in base azure. Crest: On a wreath of the colors, or and azure, an atomic cloud or, with broken pattern gules, between two lightning bolts gules. Motto: Defensor vindex = Defender - avenger. Approved 10 July 1952
Origin/meaning
This was the Group that dropped the Atomic Bombs on Japan in 1945, which is symbolised by the Atomic Cloud.
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Literature: Air Force Combat Units of World War II and Wikimedia Commons.