hirsca Posted November 5, 2012 Share #1 Posted November 5, 2012 Found at separate estate sales. The Dallas-Fort Worth area played a huge roll in the production of aircraft and aircraft related items during WW2. It's always exciting to find evidence of that. The patch is approx. 3 3/4" wide and the P&W engine cap is approx. 2" in diameter. Thanks, Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hirsca Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share #2 Posted November 5, 2012 Reverse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbtcoveralls Posted November 6, 2012 Share #3 Posted November 6, 2012 Absolutely love the Ham Stand patch. The engine badge is an iconic symbol and nothing says it better. "Pratt and Whitney, Dependable Engines" you bet they were and still are. Thanks for posting! Tom Bowers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hirsca Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share #4 Posted November 6, 2012 Absolutely love the Ham Stand patch. The engine badge is an iconic symbol and nothing says it better. "Pratt and Whitney, Dependable Engines" you bet they were and still are. Thanks for posting! Tom Bowers Thanks Tom. If anyone is interested in them, please PM me. Thanks, Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted November 6, 2012 Share #5 Posted November 6, 2012 Great "Homefront" aviation items Al! I've got several patches myself...Lockheed..Consolidated and Vega etc. A while ago a forum member who actively collects these aviation industry patches posted his extensive collection. It's probably still somewhere in the forum's archives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hirsca Posted June 17, 2017 Author Share #6 Posted June 17, 2017 Recent acquisitions. Slightly domed, not like the cap design in my OP, and only with the "registered" symbol at the bottom. Appear to be made of brass with applied enameling. Looks like they were pried off of whatever part of the engine they were on. Measure 2.25" wing tip to wingtip. Enjoy. Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted June 25, 2017 Share #7 Posted June 25, 2017 Hi Al, Nice Pratt and Whitney engine badges. When I was in the Navy, I was assigned to A-6 Intruders much of my career. These Pratt and Whitney engine badges (on J52s) were highly coveted by Aviation Machinists Mates, and were ALWAYS missing from the engines. The old salty mechs would make belt buckles with the badge applied to the center of a home-made buckle. I have one of these engine badges still in the plastic somewhere. Whenever we had a high time engine reworked, it would come back to the squadron looking brand new with the engine badges proudly installed. Those badges seemed to always disappear within a week!! LOL. Here is a Hamilton Standard tie clip I found recently. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hirsca Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share #8 Posted June 25, 2017 Hi Al, Nice Pratt and Whitney engine badges. When I was in the Navy, I was assigned to A-6 Intruders much of my career. These Pratt and Whitney engine badges (on J52s) were highly coveted by Aviation Machinists Mates, and were ALWAYS missing from the engines. The old salty mechs would make belt buckles with the badge applied to the center of a home-made buckle. I have one of these engine badges still in the plastic somewhere. Whenever we had a high time engine reworked, it would come back to the squadron looking brand new with the engine badges proudly installed. Those badges seemed to always disappear within a week!! LOL. Here is a Hamilton Standard tie clip I found recently. Chris image.jpeg Hi Chris. Great info on the disappearing badges. Yes, mine do look like they were pried off. Good score on tie clip. Thanks, Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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