nbolinger Posted October 17, 2012 Share #1 Posted October 17, 2012 Picked up a group of ww2 us wings today and this one was in the pile, i had never had or seen one of these before this one.This example is not marked but the wings seems like a period item?Can anybody tell me if this wing has a chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbolinger Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share #2 Posted October 17, 2012 pic 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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nbolinger Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share #4 Posted October 17, 2012 the back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Plant#4 Posted October 17, 2012 Share #6 Posted October 17, 2012 Looks good, I have a similar pair, that are marked LGB and Sterling, with a slight vault to the pin. A nice example of a post war pin back pin. Although mine are slightly different, I wonder if that is a Myers strike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbolinger Posted October 18, 2012 Author Share #7 Posted October 18, 2012 Thanks for the help on the wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted October 18, 2012 Share #8 Posted October 18, 2012 Cool wing. Very unusual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GONavarini Posted July 30, 2019 Share #9 Posted July 30, 2019 Good evening, gents: I realize these postings are from a few years back, but I can answer your question. These are a 1st Officer wings from the short-lived United States Overseas Airlines, based out of Cape May, New Jersey. USOA was a supplemental carrier, flying mostly charter flights, both contract military and vacation charters. As they were not "connected" in DC, in the early 1960s they were purposely excluded from DoD contracts and left to suffer a slow and pain death. They tried to become "acceptable" by acquiring Transocean Airlines (better known as TALOA) based out of Oakland, CA, but not having the right contacts in the Pentagon doomed the carrier. BTW guys, I'm an aviation historian and long time collector of U.S. commercial aviation insignia, including wings, badges, and service pins. Please free to contact me if I may be of help in identifying weird and unusual insignia. v/r G O Navarini Miami, Fla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rathbonemuseum.com Posted July 31, 2019 Share #10 Posted July 31, 2019 thanks for that GO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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