89th Fighter Squadron Patch - THE BURMA BANSHEES!
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Check out my other auction for the companion PATCH of the 80th Fighter Group . One of the most prized patches of the war, in the best condition I have ever seen for an embroidered wool felt patch of this complexity from the period. "THE BURMA BANSHEES" The 80th was the first fighter group to be stationed in Burma since the Japanese ran out the famous Flying Tigers in 1942. The 80th fighter group was unmistakably a vital element in the victory in Burma. During its two years in combat, this group, which called itself the Burma Banshees, kept the supply lines open to China while clearing the way for Merrill's Marauders to sweep northern Burma clean of the Japanese. The 80th Pursuit Group was born in the wake of Pearl Harbor shortly after America's entry into World War II. It was commissioned on January 13, 1942 along with dozens of other fighting units under a special order of Congress. Less than a month later, on February 9, 1942, the 80th was activated at Selfridge Field, Michigan, with the 88th, 89th, and 90th Pursuit Squadrons. The first several months of the 80th's history were quite uneventful. Its ranks, almost totally enlisted, performed administrative and organizational functions while waiting for planes and pilots. During this period, on May 12, 1942, the Department of the Army changed the designation of the group and
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