Chest Insignia, 363rd Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force, Leather
Superb reproduction of the chest badge of 363rd Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force, hand-painted on a piece of leather.
Activated in January 1943, it became one of the three fighter squadrons of the 357th Fighter Group, equipped with P-51 Mustangs (fuselage code B6 and red painted rudder).
After several months of intensive training in California, the squadron arrived in England in November 1943, where it was assigned to the 8th Air Force. Its primary missions were to provide escort for the B-17 and B-24 heavy bombers, while also carrying out ground attacks. It was the first squadron in the 8th Air Force to fly on P-51 Mustangs.
On June 6, 1944, its mission was to to support the invasion from the air and attack strategic German installations.
This large insignia (12.5 cm in diameter) was worn by P-51 pilots on their A-2 jackets.
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Superb reproduction of the chest badge of 363rd Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force, hand-painted on a piece of leather.
Activated in January 1943, it became one of the three fighter squadrons of the 357th Fighter Group, equipped with P-51 Mustangs (fuselage code B6 and red painted rudder).
After several months of intensive training in California, the squadron arrived in England in November 1943, where it was assigned to the 8th Air Force. Its primary missions were to provide escort for the B-17 and B-24 heavy bombers, while also carrying out ground attacks. It was the first squadron in the 8th Air Force to fly on P-51 Mustangs.
On June 6, 1944, its mission was to to support the invasion from the air and attack strategic German installations.
This large insignia (12.5 cm in diameter) was worn by P-51 pilots on their A-2 jackets.
