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Post WWII US Army Air Force AAF 64th Fighter Wing DUI DI Crest SB – German Made
$ 5.25
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Description
You are bidding on a post WWII, German made US Army Air Force 64th Fighter Wing (FW) Distinctive Unit Insignia (DUI/DI).The insignia is used and is good condition with limited signs of wear and age.
The backside has a screwback fastener that is in good working order with the screw post firmly attached and straight. The 64th FW was constituted as 3d Air Defense Wing on 12 Dec 1942 The wing moved to
Algeria
in Feb 1943, and was redesignated as 64th Fighter Wing in July of the same year.
The wing was assigned to the Twelfth AF in the
Mediterranean
until Nov 1944, then moved was moved to the European theater and continued operations until the war ended. After the war the wing remained in
Germany
and was inactivated on 5 Jun 1947.
The wing served in the following Campaigns:
Tunisia
;
Sicily
; Naples-Foggia;
Anzio
; Rome-Arno; Northern France; Southern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace;
Central Europe
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