312th Fighter Wing, USAAF

312TH FIGHTER WING, USAAF

History: Constituted as 312th Fighter Wing on 7 March 1944 and activated in Chine on 13 March. Assigned to Fourteenth air Force. Served in combat in China from July 1944 until August 1945. Moved to the US , October-November 1945. Inactivated on 5 November 1945.

Official blazon

Insigne. Shield: On an ultramarine blue rectangle, long axis vertical, corners engrailed, a golden orange dragon rampant , proper, tail entwined about bend checky blue and silver, edged golden orange, all within a neat line of the last.

Origin/meaning

The Insigne was approved on 28 April 1945.

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