The entrance to the 749th Bomb Squadron area at Glatton

The design of the 749th Bomb Squadron emblem

INFORMATION

Lineage
Constituted 749th 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
On a light blue disc, border grayed medium blue, a red devil standing, affronte, proper, wearing a black cape lined on under side with light yellow green, holding a large aerial bomb with black nose, and yellow tail section, under the left arm, and hurling a like bomb toward base, with right arm. (approved 9 Apr 1945)

Commendation to corporal Lester Fried for designing the 749th insignia