375th BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON

375h Bomb Squadron leather patch

OVERVIEW

1942 - Dec 1945

Emblem: Over and through a white disc, border black, a skeleton in black cloak, wearing black aviator's helmet and white goggles, ear phones and chin strap trimmed black, holding in the right hand a yellow aerial bomb point down, and in the left hand a scythe white trimmed black; inner folds of sleeve magenta. (Approved 11 Jan 1943.)

The 375th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) was constituted on 28 Jan 1942. The unit activated on 15 Apr 1942. The 374th was assigned to the 308th Bombardment Group throughout its WW II existence; inactivated on 6 Jan 1946.

COMMANDERS

  • Maj. Walter B. Beat - Nov 1942 ( KIA; 29 Sep 43 )
  • Maj. John G. Armstrong - Sep 1943 (assumed CO. 308BG 15 Oct 44)
  • ?? - Oct 1944
  • Col. Harvard W. Powell - May 1944

STATIONS

  • Gowen Field, Idaho - 15 April 1942
  • Davis-Monthan Field, Ariz. - 18 June 1942
  • Alamogordo, New Mexico - 24 July 1942
  • Davis-Monthan Field, Ariz. - 28 Aug 1942
  • Wendover Field, Utah - 1 Oct 1942
  • Pueblo AAB, CO - 1 Dec 1942 - 2 Jan 1943
  • Chengkung, China - 20 March 1943
  • Hsinching, China - 18 February 1945
  • YRupsi, India - 27 June - 14 Oct 1945
  • Camp Kilmer, NJ - 5 & 6 Jan 1946

CAMPAIGNS

  • India - Burma
  • China Defensive
  • New Guinea
  • Western Pacific
  • China Offensive
  • Air Combat, Asiatic-Pacific Theater

DECORATIONS

  • Distinguished Unit Citations --
    • China; 21 Aug 1943
    • East & South China Seas, Straights of Formosa,
      and Gulf of Tonkin; 24 May 1944 - 19 Apr 1945