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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
509th Composite/Bombardment Group - Or, in base a label of three points gules, surmounted by an atomic cloud proper, between a pair of wings conjonied in base azure.<br> | |||
Crest: On a wreath of the colors, or and azure, an atomic cloud or, with broken pattern gules, between two lightning bolts gules.<br> | |||
Motto: Defensor vindex = Defender - avenger. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
This was the Group that dropped the Atomic Bombs on Japan in 1945, which is symbolised by the Atomic Cloud. | |||
Approved 10 July 1952. | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]]: Wikimedia Commons | [[Literature]]: Air Force Combat Units of World War II and Wikimedia Commons. | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | ||
[[Category: Air Force heraldry]] | [[Category: Air Force heraldry]] | ||
[[Category: Granted 1952]] |