The group includes patches from the 718th Bomb Squadron of the 449th Bomb Group (embroidered cloth, featuring an eagle dropping bombs), 463rd Bomb Group (heavily painted cloth, featuring a goose with a Norden-style bombsight and 4000 pound bomb, marked "SWOOSE(sic) GROUP" on the front and "CELONE, ITALY/1944-45" on the back), 33rd Photo Reconnaissance Squadron (embroidered felt with a skull shooting lighting bolts over a bomb), 597th Bomb Squadron of the 397th Bomb Group (embroidered cloth, featuring Bugs Bunny reclining on a wing with a carrot in hand and a bomb held in his feet), 86th Bomb Squad of the 47th Bomb Group (painted leather, featuring a well-dressed wolf with a bomb hiding from searchlights and flak in a cloud), and the 566th Bomb Squad of the 389th Bomb Group (embroidered cloth and felt, featuring a bucking bronco on a falling bomb). The 33rd Photo Recon patch has a data card depicting the layout and attributes of the insignia; the card is made out for the "24th Reconnasaince(sic) Squadron", an earlier name for the 33rd prior to a reorganization. Provenance: The Putnam Green/Sycamore Collection