96th Bombardment Group, USAAF

96TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP, USAAF

Official blazon

Shield: Azure a falcon's head erased or, holding in its beak a drop bomb bendwise gules, that portion over the first fimbriated of the second.
Motto: E sempre l'ora = It is always the Hour.

Origin/meaning

The arms was approved 18 February 1943. Literature: Air Force Combat Units of World War II.

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