My Pedro patches

[ikar]

 

I picked these up in 1971 at U-Tapao while I was on Patrol.

[chuckie]

I like!

[Bluehawk]

I like!

Me too...

[all-bull]

Those are some great and certainly uncommon historical patches. Do you know of anything about the crash rescue pedro patch, but with a merrowed edge border? Would they have been worn/bought during the war?

[gwb123]

Those are some great and certainly uncommon historical patches. Do you know of anything about the crash rescue pedro patch, but with a merrowed edge border? Would they have been worn/bought during the war?

 

I actually know about those. There were some made in the USA during the Vietnam period. They were made by a patch firm in Philadelphia. I know this, because one of the firm's managers was a father to some of the kids in my Boy Scout troop. As you could imagine, with patch hungry Boy Scouts, he was quite popular. I had an example of one of the ones you are talking about, but traded it away years ago, now to my regret.

[ikar]

I got these from a small stand alongside the flightline not far from where you would turn off to go to the Pedro barn. Most patches over there were made by the locals unless you brought them with you. I think the diamond patch still has a white outline in a couple spots.

 

My own stripes, shoulder patch name and Air Force strips as well as the base I.D., Section I.D., and later Police badge were all made from spare material (cammoflaged and jungle green) in a little shop across the street from our barracks.

[all-bull]

Ikar, Really neat history on your patches.

 

Gil, So is it safe to say that this example would be "period"?

 

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[itshistory]

Here is something I acquired many years ago. There is no pedigree to come with it though. Since it has a merrowed edge border it could be as early as mid-60's since that construction feature seems to originate then. From what I have been told by associates who were working in the base rescue operations the patch was generic and seen at many bases being worn on the flight jackets of both the flight crews and the firefighters who manned the aircraft on alert. No idea as to how the patches were obtained. Maybe through the PX system?

 

IH

[Mark1]

 

I picked these up in 1971 at U-Tapao while I was on Patrol.

 

Nice looking patches from the 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron

[Mark1]

Here is something I acquired many years ago. There is no pedigree to come with it though. Since it has a merrowed edge border it could be as early as mid-60's since that construction feature seems to originate then. From what I have been told by associates who were working in the base rescue operations the patch was generic and seen at many bases being worn on the flight jackets of both the flight crews and the firefighters who manned the aircraft on alert. No idea as to how the patches were obtained. Maybe through the PX system?

 

IH

 

 

 

 

I was told also that the patch was a generic patch for the H-43 Huskie (better known as Pedro) crews who performed Local Base Rescue (LBR).

 

Mark

[gwb123]

Ikar, Really neat history on your patches.

 

Gil, So is it safe to say that this example would be "period"?

 

 

That's the one. The backing matches the Boy Scout patches they made in the same time period.

[Salvage Sailor]

Decade plus bump to add another PEDRO patch (USMC not USAF)

 

 

MCAS Kaneohe Bay PEDRO Search and Rescue patch

Circa 1972 when the SOMS unit (Station Operations and Maintenance Squadron) was established there.

 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

On 7/3/2011 at 4:47 AM, all-bull said:

Ikar, Really neat history on your patches.

 

Gil, So is it safe to say that this example would be "period"?

 

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all-bull,

Your PEDRO patch with the border was made by Swiss-Tex, The Leonard Corporation, Philadelphia, PA