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Greetings from USA
Greetings from North Carolina, USA. I am interested in WW1 aviation related items, primarily wing badges. I joined this forum to learn more about the RFC wing badges and markings. Thanks.
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Welcome to the Forum LtDan. Your account is active and open for posts.
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Welcome to the forum Dan, Regards Mark
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Welcome LtDan. A wealth of knowledge to be found on this site, so explore and ask away. North Carolina eh! I have a cousin who lives on a golf course at Pinehurst! Lucky sod!
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Greetings from USA...
Hello from the UK,
Although these items are not my core collecting, I have always held a fascination of things US aviation. This small, but perfectly formed, collection took me quite some time to put together but the 1920s pilot's wing on the upper right of the board is the only item that has identification of its owner. When I came across it, I guessed that it may have been an aviation relative's gift to a 1942-newly-graduated S/Sgt., seeing as at the time it was already a 20-year-old item. Were US pilots often ever sergeants? Would/could he have been commissioned quite soon after entering the service from being an Aviation Cadet? Once on operations, were US Sgt. pilots ever often to remain un-commissioned for very long? (8{ IMG_20201011_101648_HDR.jpg Pilot_BB&B_20200926_170221_HDR.jpg Pilot_BB&B_20200926_172433_HDR.jpg |
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Welcome and there are a couple of people here that collect WW1 US Aviation also.
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Martin, the pin back sterling wing is most likely a WW2 presentation wing given upon completing basic flight school. I have my father's and it looks just like it. He was a career Air Force pilot and of all of his wings they are the only pin back pair the had, and they are also marked sterling.
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Greetings from USA...
...this first item I believe to be a 1918-period, second-pattern, "Dallas" wing...the 1917-period Officer's collar devices must be unusual to find in pairs - are the 1920s ones equally so?...regarding the winged star item at the top of the last two images, is it anything official? - or is it perhaps a sweetheart item...(8{
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Welcome.
Andy
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Martin, the winged star makes me think of the current retired symbol. I am not familiar with it as an official insignia, but have not studied the service past WW2.
https://www.chromeemblems.com/produc...RoCezYQAvD_BwE Terry |
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Greetings from USA
...this, I believe to be the pattern of the wing - as described in the publication of Jon Maguire...am still none the wiser regarding Sergeant pilots in the USAAC/USAAF...(8{
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"We seldom learn the true want of what we have till it is discovered that we can have no more." Sam. Johnson Last edited by cbuehler; 10-12-20 at 10:43 PM. |
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