What’s in a Name?
From the researchers who not only know and understand the fighting in the southwest Pacific area, but the men involved!
Please read in honor of Sr. Chief Petty Officer Scott Dayton – Woodbridge, VA; US Navy, Iraq & Syria, Bronze Star, KIA on Thanksgiving
From Ken’s Men to the Air Apaches, units of Fifth Air Force had thought of a wide variety of nicknames for themselves. This week, we thought we’d cover the origins of the sobriquets for the 312th, 22nd, 43rd, 38th and 345th Bomb Groups.
The Roarin’ 20’s: The 312th Bomb Group gave themselves this nickname in late March or early April 1944. For the most part, their insignia of a lion jumping through the zero in 20’s wasn’t added as nose art. The men usually used their group logo for signage and patches.
Ken’s Men: Over their years of service during WWII, the 43rd Bomb Group looked up to three men in particular: Gen. George C. Kenney, Brig. Gen. Kenneth Walker and Maj. Kenneth McCullar. Walker and McCullar were killed in action, but the stories of their leadership stuck with the Group for the rest of their war. To honor…
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Posted on November 26, 2016, in Uncategorized, WWII and tagged Airborne, aviation, family history, History, Military, Military History, New Guinea, WW2, WWII. Bookmark the permalink. 35 Comments.
Pacific Paratrooper 
WOW YOU REALLY KNOW ALOT!
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Fascinating reading!
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Thanks for the reblog! It was a nice surprise, given that the post is over a year old.
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Oh, you shouldn’t be surprised, you know how much I respect and admire your work. I’m just grateful my readers and I can benefit from your hard work!
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You also put in some good work! The Pacific Theater always needs a bigger spotlight.
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Thank you very much for that. I do try.
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Excellent read ~ it’s interesting to learn the origin of names.
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Yes, the IHRA does fantastic research into each aircraft and man involved.
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I could swear I made a comment yesterday about the coincidence of The Roaring 20’s being the subject of the last few posts on my blog (and of my first name being Ken), but apparently it disappeared into cyberspace, aka The Wild Blue Yonder — speaking of which:
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I even checked my spam, Ken, I suppose it did go to cyberspace! But I love that video – the theme song is magnificent, isn’t it!? I see our fellow blogger bydesign001’s gravatar image on it. I need to thank him also for that!
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Very interesting post and what are the men of the 312 Bomb group creatief with their names.Sorry I like only your posts the last time.I have a lot of volontierswork and my youngest daughter has rescently cancer and I Try to help her so she can rest.
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I am so sorry to hear about your daughter’s health. I can understand you not having time!! I wish you and your family all the best!!!
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I still adore that insignia/icon for the F14. (Shamelessly use it myself on occasion …
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Thanks for coming by to read, Argus!
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Cool artwork!
And I love the history and the stories you share in your blog! You keep important things, events and people alive for us in 2016!
Thank you, GP, and hope you are having a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!
(((HUGS))) 🙂
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I appreciate the compliment, it sure help!! Thanksgiving has been very good, thank you.
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Very interesting. Follow that blog and always good articles.
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I’m happy you follow them; you’ll never find a more professional bunch of guys!!
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Very True!
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Good post, GP. It took me a while to decode the patch. There’s a lot in there!
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I had confidence in you!!
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I love looking at artwork on the air planes. I remember thinking they were scary when I was a kid and living on base. But now I really like the scary ones with the sharp teeth!
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What base did live on? I can understand why a youngster would find them scary!!
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We lived on a few but I only remember Hurlburt Field AFB in Florida :))
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Ah-ha, the field that started as a training field for Eglin up in the Panhandle!! A lot of great units from there, Jess. About how old were you? and do you recall much?
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That’s it :)) I was around ages 7-11. I remember a lot :)) I love how the base is a little community. I wish all neighborhoods had trails and sidewalks all over. And I always feel so safe on base!
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I imagine you would at that. Fell free to tell us what you remember – we love first-hand accounts around here!
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They were creative. I enjoy the backstories and the “art” of them. Thanks, GP.
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Some of the images come out so well, I often wonder if those men go on to have jobs that include artistic ability!!
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that’s so interesting, i never realized the stories behind them –
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Very glad you found it interesting!!
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Always interesting to see the nose and tail art on those aircraft, and to know some of the history behind it too.
Best wishes, Pete.
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The series of books put out by this group has cover-to-cover photos of nose and tail art!! They’ve done amazing work on those volumes!!
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They sent me a link previously, GP. Great stuff indeed.
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A great bunch of professional gentlemen!
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