Lieutenant Reardon's "Red ***" Squadron MYIT. "44" Logo- NEED HELP IDENTIFYING

[mhardesty300]

Hey everyone,

Thank you in advance for any help or education you can provide me. I buy items in bulk and clean out estates. I found this logo/emblem and I can't quite put the pieces together.

I have no background for you on who owned it...sorry

It appears to be a logo that might have been glued or sealed on something.

It reads:

Over This Bar Drinks Burma's Unholy Seven of Lt. Reardon's "Red ***" Squadron MYIT. "44". It measures 8" in diameter. The back looks to me like it was some map. I will attach a couple of pictures.

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Again I appreciate any and all help.

Kind Regards,
Michael

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[Lee Enfield]

MYIT. appears to refer to the Myitkyna air base - captured from and turned against the Japanese: Myitkyina Airport - Wikipedia

"44" appears to be the date.

all of the USAAF "44" units were ETO or South Pacific.

[Gil Boyd]

.........and NAM YAO is most likely the bridge on the Vietnam/Burma border. This link may also help understand the bombing strategy of the war in the region;

The Thailand-Burma Railway, 1942-1946: Documents, post-war accounts, maps ... - Google Books

[mhardesty300]

Thanks for your help! I am just trying to piece together where this would have been or what it was glued too.

I appreciate all the knowledge.

[Gil Boyd]

My guess would be, it is a simple non intrusive sign, at that size, for those guys to show other flyers that it was their special area when not in combat, showing Esprit de Corps IMHO

[henry r]

I'm going to take a stab in the dark and say it is in reference to the 427th night fighter squadron that had a detatchment of 3 P61 black widows at Myitkina in late 1944.