51st Fighter Group, USAAF

51ST FIGHTER GROUP, USAAF

Official blazon

Shield:Per fess nebuly abased azure and or, issuing from partition line a demi-pegasus argent with a machine gun in each wing bendwise sable, gun fire proper.
Motto:Deftly and swiftly.

Origin/meaning

The Coat of Arms were approved on 5 February 1942 and modified on 2 May 1956.

Literature: Air Force Combat Units of World War II.

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