INIMICUS Posted February 16, 2012 Share #1 Posted February 16, 2012 I KNOW THESE PATCHES ARE EXCEPTIONALLY RARE. POSSIBLY PERIOD FOTOS, TOO. HERE'S ONE IN WEAR IN A FOTO IN A COMPREHENSIVE ALBUM COMPILED BY A MARINE COMBAT CORRESPONDENT, A LT. WHO ENLISTED 1 1/2 YR. BEFORE PEARL HARBOR AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE UNIT ABOARD THE BABY CARRIER 'USS BLOCK ISLAND.' (CVE-106). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly USMC Posted February 16, 2012 Share #2 Posted February 16, 2012 Great Photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Signor Posted February 16, 2012 Share #3 Posted February 16, 2012 Question I hope some of the members can help "me" on thisone this time, I have a similar patch to the posted photo but somewhat different too, I'll describe it here , sorry can't post a photo, but am womdering it it's related to same unit,if not does anyone recognise the unit , round patch with inner "pipper gun sight rings, over this a skull wearing cloth/leather flight helmet w/goggles looking towards the left , behind skull a long thin pointed nosed bomb with tail fins, and 3 -5 point stars to the left of skull . Johnny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INIMICUS Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share #4 Posted February 16, 2012 THANKS FOR RESPONDING, GUYS. JOHNNY, I SAW 'MY' PATCH IN THE THREAD A WHILE BACK BUT STILL VIEWABLE HERE CALLED 'POST YOU RARE PATCHES' OR SOMETHING.... MAYBE THE POSTER CAN HELP YOU.... DAVID Question I hope some of the members can help "me" on thisone this time, I have a similar patch to the posted photo but somewhat different too, I'll describe it here , sorry can't post a photo, but am womdering it it's related to same unit,if not does anyone recognise the unit , round patch with inner "pipper gun sight rings, over this a skull wearing cloth/leather flight helmet w/goggles looking towards the left , behind skull a long thin pointed nosed bomb with tail fins, and 3 -5 point stars to the left of skull . Johnny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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