83d Bombardment Squadron, Light & 83d Bombardment Squadron, Medium

Constituted 83d Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 20 Nov 1940. Activated on 15 Jan 1941. Redesignated 83d Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 30 Dec 1941. Inactivated on 22 Jan 1946.

Insignia approved on 8 Aug 1944. Embroidered on wool

Stations. McChord Field, WA, 15 Jan 1941; Esler Field, LA, 27 Feb-3 Jul 1942 (operated from Stackton Field, CA, 24 May-24 Jun 1942); Ismailia, Egypt, 13 Aug 1942; LG 88, Egypt, 18 Oct 1942; Gambut, Libya, 6 Dec 1942; Magrun LG, Libya, 14 Dec 1942; Gambut, Libya, 22 Dec 1942; Castel Benito, Libya, 16 Feb 1943; El Assa, Libya, 3 Mar 1943; Medenine, Tunisia, 4 Apr 1943; Sfax, Tunisia, 16 Apr 1943; Hergla, Tunisia, 3 Jun 1943; Ponte Olivo, Sicily, 2 Aug 1943; Gerbini, Sicily, 22 Aug 1943; Foggia, Italy, 5 Nov 1943; Gaudo Airfield, Italy, 19 Jan 4 Feb 1944; Kurmitola, India, 21 Mar 1944; Pandaveswar, India, 13 Jun 1944; Fenny, India, 18 Jul 1944 (operated from Magwe, Burma, 4-25 May 1945); Pandaveswar, India, 9 Jun 1945; Karachi, India, 21 Nov-24 Dec 1945; Ft Lawton, WA, 21-22 Jan 1946