Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-31

for the four major engagements in which the
group fought.
The insignia are not without their comedy.
The 18th Bombardment Squadron has chosen q
picture of JiggS, the funny paper character for
its emblem. Jiggs, his hat set jauntily on his
head, cigar in his mouth, struts briskIy along
with deadly aerial bomb under his arm
kicking mule, dangerous thing to fool
with, is the distinctive insignia of the 95th
Pursuit Squadron stationed at Rockwell Field,
San Diego, Calf.
The insignia of the service squadrons of the
Air Corps are not so warlike These Squadrons
are charged with the engineering and repair
work for the groups of which they are a part.
The insignia of the seth Service Squadron is
a HEAVIER, symbol of busy life. That of the
seth Service Squadron shows hawk. with a
broken wing, perched upon post. The Goth
Service Squadron insignia is large gear wheel,
with four smaller gears radiating from the
master gear at 90-degree intervals. The squad
ron is a part of a composite group in the
Philippine Islands and the smaller gears repre-
sent the four SquadronS of a well balanced
composite group pursuit, attack bombardment
and observation
The school squadrons likewise have their in
sigma The 39th School Squadron of the Air
Corps Advanced Flying School at Kelly Field,
Tex, is caricatured bird, peering through a
telescope. The aspect of the bird and the
strainng gaze through the telescope is SYM
bolic of the hedglngs who come to this school
ton flying. In one talon the bird holds a
brick. Just what this brick means is a puzzle
to the Air Corps. Some suggest that it is
Irish confetti" and presents the idea of an
age-old weapon, while others suggest that the
commanding off1cer who designed the insignia
was an Irishman and wanted to get touch
Of the ould sod" into the picture
The 10th School Squadron, bombing school
unit, also stationed at Kelly Field, has insignia
depicting wedge-shaped book, showing that
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the book might be forced into the heads of the
students. On the book Is q bat, symbolic of the
night life the students lead In wedging learn
ing into their crania. The body of the bat, Of
course. is an aerial bomb
To Washingtonians the best known Of all the
Air Corps insignia, Of course, Is the picture OF
the Capitol dome, borne by the planes at Boil
ing Field.
It. too is symbolic although at first glance 1t
would only be representative Of the locality
from which the plane halls. While not COM
hitting themselves ofnciaIly, the officers at
Boiling Field nevertheless have been known
10 remark that there is q great deal Of SYM
bolism in that Capitol dome, for, they ask, do
bers of Congress hither and yon over the
country"
The insignia are generally placed on the sides
of the planes, bat on the bigger ships instead
Of increasing the size of the painted insignia,
the flyers have put the insignia on the noses Of
their planes. The bombers and some transport
ships have the insignia on their noses.
This idea of painting representative insignia
covers not only the regular groups but goes
also into the special duty assignments of the
Army flyers
For Instance, when the Army endurance plane
Question Mark. was making one of the first re-
fueiing endurance records what insignia could
have been more appropriate for the refueling
plane than the baby's nursing bottle painted on
its side?