387th Bombardment Squadron (387th BS)
U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF), 5th Air Force (5th AF), 312th Bombardment Group (312th BG)

Background
Established as the 386th Bombardment Squadron (Dive) in the United States then sent overseas to the South West Pacific Area (SWPA).

Wartime History
On November 30, 1943 arrives Port Moresby in New Guinea. The squadron used the playing card suit diamond as their motif on the rear fuselage.

A-20G "Benny's Baby" 42-86772  force landed April 16, 1944
A-20G "The Texan" 43-9098  pilot Smart ditched April 16, 1944
A-20G "Short Stuff" 43-9106  pilot Klein ditched August 11, 1944
A-20G "Bevo" 43-9432  pilot Knarr crashed July 22, 1944
A-20G 43-9469  pilot Freeman crashed April 5, 1944
A-20G 43-9475  pilot Boydstun crashed June 10, 1944
A-20G "Porky" 43-21297  scrapped in 1945
A-20G "Eloise" 43-21426  transferred to the 312th BG, 387th BS
A-20G 43-21627  written off late 1944
A-20G "King High Flush" 43-21935 destroyed June 3, 1945 on the groud at Floridablanca Airfield
A-20G "Bug Eyes" 43-22161  pilot Franz ditched January 9, 1945

References
Combat Squadrons of the Air Force World War II (1982) pages XXX [PDF pages XXX]
The Roarin' 20's A History of the 312th Bombardment Group (1994) details 312th Bomb Group history
312th Bombardment Group (312th BG) DVD (2000)
Rampage of the Roarin' 20's (2009) details 312th Bomb Group history detailing the entire unit history, veterans and aircraft