This is the squadron logo for the 93rd Bombardment Squadron in WW2. Notice the numerals 93 in the indian's headress.

The Squadron had a distinguished heritage which traced back to the 93rd Aero Squadron organized at Kelly Field in 1917.

During WWI in France, the pilots of the 93rd included 1/Lt Charles D'Olive, an ace who shot down three Fokker D-VII's in one day on 13 September 1918 using his SPAD XIII, and for which he was awarded the DSC. D'Olive actually recorded the first kill of the squadron, on 12th September 1918 - following that victory the squadron was allowed by their commanding officer to paint an Indian Head insignia on their planes. That had been forbidden until someone in the squadron had shot down the Squadron's first German plane. So, in the history of the 93rd, it was D'Olive who drew first enemy blood, thereby inaugurating the insignia.

In 1939, the 93rd became a Heavy Bombardment Squadron, last inactivated in 1963.

The Squadron Commander on Pearl Harbour Day, 7 December 1941, was Major Cecil E. Combs.

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