499th Bombardment Squadron emblem.  Approved 5 May 1943.  This emblem is misidentified as one for the 498th Bombardment Squadron on the web page, but see Watkins, <i>Battle Colors</i>.  The squadron changed its emblem later that year.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Institute_of_Heraldry" class="extiw" title="en:United States Army Institute of Heraldry">en:United States Army Institute of Heraldry</a>
1943-05-05
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