Rare Soesterberg 32nd Camp New Amsterdam USAF CNA Patch
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32nd Tactical Fighter Squadron Patch You are looking at an Original RARE patch the 32nd Wolfhounds. Camp New Amsterdam / Soesterberg ( SSB ) Air Force Base the Netherlands Beautiful RARE USAFE patches Auction is for items as pictured. Brief History of the 32nd: World War II The US Army Air Corps constituted the 32d Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor). Seven weeks later, on 1 February 1940, the squadron activated at Kelly Field, Texas. After completing this training, in November 1940, the 32d transferred to Langley Field in Virginia to join the 36th Pursuit Group. Once there, the 36th equipped the squadron with Curtiss P-36 Mohawk aircraft.The 32d Fighter Squadron had the responsibility for tracking down "Wolfpacks". The so-called "Wolfpacks", three of more subs together in a mission know as search and destroy, this led to the famous name and insignia "Wolfhounds". On 10 May 1942 the AAF redesignated the squadron as the 32nd Fighter Squadron. In the fall of 1942 the Germans reduced their submarine activity in the Caribbean region to concentrate its activity on the North Atlantic convoy route and the approaches to northwest Africa. With the withdrawal of submarines from the Caribbean region the Antilles Air Task Force, which included the 32nd, concentrated its efforts as a striking force on its primary function of guarding against
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