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Old Enameled United States Air Force 97th Bombardment Wing Advertising Home Front Sweet Heart Jewelry Bracelet
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Old Enameled United States Air Force 97th Bombardment Wing Advertising Home Front Sweet Heart Jewelry Bracelet
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The picture below shows two larger views of this Old Enameled United States Air Force 97th Bombardment Wing Advertising Home Front Sweet Heart Jewelry Bracelet. The bottom picture shows the bracelet with the chain, and the top image shows a closer view of the enameled shield insignia or emblem. The bracelet is not dated and the year that it was made is unknown. It is not marked and the maker is unknown. It was probably sent home to the Homefront to a Sweetheart, Wife, or Mother. Insignia has a shield with a flame, and an arrow and it is marked on a banner at the bottom as follows:

97th BOMBARDMENT WING

The bracelet chain measures about 7-5/8'' long. It appears to be in mint condition as pictured.

Below here, for reference, is a short history of the 97th Bombardment Wing:

Cold War
Established as 97 Bombardment Wing, Very Heavy, on 11 Sep 1947. Organized on 1 December 1947 at Mile 26 Field (later named Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska). The new wing reported to Fifteenth Air Force, Strategic Air Command (SAC), although the Yukon Sector of the Alaskan Air Command controlled its operations. The 97th was organized in 1947 during the test of the Wing Base Organization, composed of the 97th Bombardment Group and support elements transferred from the 519th Air Service Group. This organization gave the wing commander the authority to direct activities rather than merely request support from the base support group commander. Operational squadrons of the 97th Bombardment Wing were the 340th, 341st and 342d Bomb Squadrons, which were assigned to the 97th Bombardment Group.

The 97th was originally a test organization, made up of the 97th Bombardment Group and three support groups organized from elements of the 519th Air Service Group, which had deployed to Mile 26 Field from Smoky Hill Army Air Field, Kansas. The Air Force was conducting a service test of the wing base structure that elevated the wing headquarters to the highest echelon of command on the base. This gave the wing commander the authority to direct activities rather than merely request that his flying mission receive support.

The wing consisted of a combat group, an airdrome group, a maintenance and supply group, and a medical group. The unit’s March 1948 history stated: “The mission of the 97th Bombardment Wing (VHB) is to man, train, and maintain a self sustaining strategic bombardment group capable of operations in any theater.” While in Alaska (1947 - 1948), the 97th flew Boeing B-29 Superfortress training missions over the Arctic Ocean, testing the aircraft and maintenance crews in the harsh climate. At the end of the Alaskan deployment the wing returned to Smoky Hill AFB, near Salina, Kansas, in March 1948.

Throughout its existence the 97th Bombardment Wing contributed to the deterrence of nuclear war with the former Soviet Union by being prepared to execute Emergency War Order (EWO) assignments. It continually demonstrated its resolve in the same manner as other SAC bombardment wings, primarily by maintaining the Operation Chrome Dome aerial alert capability and by keeping crews on ground alert, capable of launching bomber sorties within minutes. The wing’s tankers participated in the Atlantic, Pacific, European, and Alaskan Tanker Task Forces, ensuring that the bombers would be able to reach their targets. Until the Soviet Union’s demise in 1989 the crews of the 97th trained for war, unless other world events demanded their attention.

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Old Enameled United States Air Force 97th Bombardment Wing Advertising Home Front Sweet Heart Jewelry Bracelet


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