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===Official blazon=== | ===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. | 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.<br> | ||
Crest: On a wreath of the colors, or and azure, an atomic cloud or, with broken pattern gules, between two lightning bolts gules. | Crest: On a wreath of the colors, or and azure, an atomic cloud or, with broken pattern gules, between two lightning bolts gules.<br> | ||
Motto: Defensor vindex = Defender - avenger. | Motto: Defensor vindex = Defender - avenger. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
This was the Group that dropped the Atomic Bombs on Japan in 1945, which is symbolised by the Atomic Cloud. | This was the Group that dropped the Atomic Bombs on Japan in 1945, which is symbolised by the Atomic Cloud. | ||
Approved 10 July 1952. | |||
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509TH BOMBARDMENT WING, US AIR FORCE
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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.
Origin/meaning
This was the Group that dropped the Atomic Bombs on Japan in 1945, which is symbolised by the Atomic Cloud.
Approved 10 July 1952.
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