INFORMATION
Lineage
Constituted 748th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 19 May 1943. Activated on 1 July 1943. Inactivated on 28 August 1945.

Assignments
457th Bombardment Group, 1 July 1943 – 28 August 1945

Stations
Geiger Field, Wash, 1 July 1943; Rapid City AAB, SD, 9 July 1943; Ephrata AAB, Wash, 28 October 1943; Wendover Field, Utah, 6 December 1943 – 1 January 1944; Glatton, England, 28 January 1944 – June 1945; Sioux Falls AAFld, SD, July 28 – August 1945

Aircraft
B-17, 1943 – 1945

Operations
Combat in ETO, 21 February 1944 – 20 April 1945

Service Streamers
None.

Campaigns
Air Offensive, Europe; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace;Central Europe.

Decorations
None

Emblem
Over and through a light blue disc, broken line segment border medium green, a large red aerial bomb falling toward dexter base, tail fins in graduated shades of gray and blue, nose taking the form of the head and shoulders of a black leopard, with expression of anger on face, between a red violet aerial bomb in dexter chief, and a yellow green and a red violet aerial bomb in sinister base, all in front of two white cloud formations.
(Approved 15 Aug 1944)

Commendation received by corporal Lester Fried for designing the 748th insignia