86th Fighter Group, USAAF

	86TH FIGHTER GROUP, USAAF Country: United States

Official blazon
English	Shield:Azure, on a pile or a drop bomb palewise gules. Motto:Virtus perdurat.

The arms were approved on 17 October 1942, and replaced on 27 July 1956. The Motto translates as "Courage will endure".

Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from Air Force Combat Units of World War II.

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