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Latest revision as of 05:34, 1 November 2023
53RD TROOP CARRIER WING, USAAF
Hisotry: Conbstituted as 53rd Troop Carrier wing on 27 July 1942. Activated on 1 August 1942. Moved to the United Kingdom Jan-March 1944. Assigned to Ninth Air Force. Operated in Europe until after V-E- Day. Returned to the US in October 1945. Inactivated 11 October 1945.
Official blazon
Insigne: Shield: Over and throught an ultramarine blue disc, within a light blue annulet piped gold, a torch of liberty fired proper, handle of torch formed of an open parachute argent , surmounted by a C-47transport plane or, in flight, in front of flames of torch; on the field eight mullets or, arranged five to dexter, three to sinister.
Origin/meaning
The Insigne was approved on 6 April 1943.
Literature:Image from Wikimedia Commons
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