86th Fighter Group, USAAF

86TH FIGHTER GROUP, USAAF

Shield: Azure, on a pile or a drop bomb palewise gules.
Motto: Virtus perdurat - Courage will endure.

The arms were approved on 17 October 1942, and replaced on 27 July 1956.

Literature: Air Force Combat Units of World War II.

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