Aerial Gunner bar

[chis]

I have seen the aerial gunner bar on both the air corp technician badge and the army expert marksman badge. What are the regulations concerning this bar? When did this bar get introduced? Is this a further designation beyond the aerial gunner wings or essentially the same? Many thanks!

[stratasfan]

Bump! I was just going to post the same question! found this pic of one, and want to know if the bar is actually for this badge and what the difference between it and gunner wings would be! Hoping someone finds this!

 

[roadrunner]

Emerson has good information on his homepage.

 

http://emersoninsignia.net/files/Download/5presentShooting.pdf

 

 

Michael

 

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[roadrunner]

The Aerial Gunner bar was not used for the technician badge.

 

http://www.angelfire.com/md2/patches/medals/otherqbaaftech.html

 

 

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[doyler]

There is a good description of the badge and bars in the October 1943 National Geographics Magazine Insignia addition.Badge with bars are shown on Page 434.The description is on page 440 and states there are 24 bars for the Qualification badge.

[Stan53]

I have 2 Aerail Gunner bars 1 on an Expert Badge and 1 on a Marksman Badge. I was kinda wondering about those also.

[Allan H.]

Just because the bars was SUPPOSED to only be worn on the weapons qualifications badges, that doesn't mean that they didn't show up on the AAF Technician badges during WWII. I have one of the econo-lead examples with a lead bar that came directly from a WWII veteran who wore it that way. When I asked him about it, he said the Tech badges were bigger and more impressive on the uniform. These bars on AAF Q Badges aren't just a collector concoction.

 

Allan