Burma bridge busters patch

Following the war, it returned to the united states, where it was inactivated. Wwii original squadron patch 490th bomb 341st group burma. Beautiful wwii us army air corps squadron patch is for the 490th bomb squadron. In the words of one war correspondent, the 490th became one of the most specialized bombardment squadrons in the world. Homepage for the 490th bomb squadron burma bridge busters.

And favorable prices many time things were just given to me. Ian, for every guy like me in the us there are 20 who say that there is nothing left to find. It wasnt until the april thaw that people started to dig the rest of the way out. The 490 ms is equipped with the lgm30g minuteman iii intercontinental ballistic missile, with a mission of nuclear deterrence. Wwii squadron patch insignia pictures collection of.

Cover story burma bridge busters use new bombing trickthis weeks cover. Multipiece leather squadron patch is in excellent condition worthy in any collection. Remembering the burma bridge busters northwest news. The 490th has a proud and distinguished history dating back to its beginning in india on 15 september 1942, when the 490th bombardment, squadron medium was activated.

The allies have agreed to concentrate on europe but the chinaburmaindia theater of the war still needs men and machines after some of the wars most humiliating defeats for the british, dutch, and americans in southeast asia. Army air corps bomb squadron, got its nickname, the burma bridge busters, for its mission to keep supply lines open in. In march of 1992 there was a bad snow storm in pennsylvania that left a couple of feet of snow on the ground. Page 2 of 2 490th bs burma bridge busters squadron patch group posted in groupings. Once perfected, his hopbombing technique became so successful that the 490th earned the nickname burma bridge busters from the commanding general of the tenth air force. The burma bridge busters anthony strotman, howard bell on.