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Summary
| Description | Insignia of the U.S. Navy Attack Squadron 174 (VA-174) "Hell Razors". The squadron’s Walt Disney designed insignia was approved by the United States Navy Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) on 23 May 1944. Colours for the bat insignia were: a lemon yellow background; the underside of the bat’s wings were reddish brown and the upper side orange; the bat’s face, neck, feet and lower part of the razor were orange; the upper part of the razor was light blue with white markings; the bat’s eye was white, pupil black and horns white outlined in black; white machine gun with black markings and red flame from the gun; black bombs with white markings and the lettering "Hell Razors" was red (the red colour was not authorized for use during World War II). The insignia remained in use throughout out the squadron’s numerous redesignations from 1944 to 1988. |
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| Source | Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons Volume 1: The History of VA, VAH, VAK, VAL, VAP and VFA Squadrons, Chapter 2: Attack Squadron Histories for VA-154 to VA-174, p. 248. Published by the Naval Historical Center, United States Department of the Navy, Washington, D.C. (USA), 1995. ISBN 0945274297 |
| Author | Walt Disney for the U.S. Navy |
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