Insignia of the U.S. Navy Patrol Bombing Squadron 61 (VPB-61). It was approved by the Chief of Naval Operations on 6 July 1945.
1945<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
U.S. Navy photo in the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/naval-aviation-history/dictionary-of-american-naval-aviation-squadrons-volume-2.html">Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons Volume 2: The History of VP, VPB, VP(H) and VP(AM) Squadrons</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/histories/naval-aviation/dictionary-of-american-naval-aviation-squadrons-volume-2/pdfs/chap4-4.pdf">Chapter 4: Patrol Bombing Squadron (VPB) Histories (VPB-61 to VPB-103)</a>, p. 481.