Costa Posted June 20, 2016 Share #1 Posted June 20, 2016 this arrived today. 1944 spec tag, over all in good shape. does show some mothing . all buttons and seams are tight and this ike appears to have never had any ribbons applied. the item that caught my eye was the instructor wing patch on the lower right sleeve. after taking a good hard look at this ike my opinion is that this vet was state side as an instructor in gunnery for the air corps. even though there is no ASN or name I believe it to be good. I didn't want to add more cloth to the collection but, It was the patch that appealed to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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easterneagle87 Posted June 20, 2016 Share #4 Posted June 20, 2016 always cool to see the interesting ones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costa Posted June 20, 2016 Author Share #5 Posted June 20, 2016 and forgot to mention--- no hash marks on the left sleeve-- so could be state side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludwigh1980 Posted June 20, 2016 Share #6 Posted June 20, 2016 From being a long time uniform collector and from pulling groups strait out of the vets closet, the overseas stripes were not as big as deal as you would have though. I have uniforms from vets that just didn't take the time to add the overseas stripes. Officers especially were bad about not adding the OS stripes. On the other hand I have a uniform group to a Major of Artillery who served from North Africa to Europe to VE day and he added OS stripes to both his M41 and M43 Field Jackets. Interesting enough I have a named 8th AF Officers Coat that also has instructors wings to the cuff. He participated as a bombardier on the 2nd Schweinfurt Raid and his coat never had OS stripes. It seems there was a lot of in-constancy in wearing the proper patches during WW2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doinworkinvans Posted June 21, 2016 Share #7 Posted June 21, 2016 I was watching this one and I believe it to be right as rain. Very cool and unique jacket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbtcoveralls Posted June 21, 2016 Share #8 Posted June 21, 2016 the O/S stripes indicated 6months overseas duty for each stripe. I knew a 305th BG pilot who left the states, flew his missions and returned to the US in less than 6 months so although he flew in combat for 25 missions, he and most of his crew never earned overseas stripes. Tom Bowers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAF_Collection Posted June 22, 2016 Share #9 Posted June 22, 2016 As Tom says some men completed their tours in under six months, especially towards the latter stage of the war. Some guys just didn't bother with the O/S bars, although I believe more did wear them when entitled than did not. Link Trainer instructors were also NCO's so that could be another possibility. Sadly without a name we'll never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattS Posted June 24, 2016 Share #10 Posted June 24, 2016 Where would the 8th AF patch be worn stateside? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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