16th Fighter Group, USAAF

16TH FIGHTER GROUP, USAAF

Official blazon

Shield: Azure four lightning flashes bendwise or.
Crest: on a wreath of the colors (or and azure) a portcullis or.
Motto: Purgamus coelum = We clear the skies.

Origin/meaning

Approved 4 December 1934

Literature: Air Force Combat Units of World War II.

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