pfrost Posted February 18, 2008 Share #1 Posted February 18, 2008 What do you guys think, Korean war vintage? Maybe later? Cant find much info on this squadron. Any comments appreciated. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted February 18, 2008 Share #2 Posted February 18, 2008 The only thing I could find shows that it was short lived replacement training squadron that briefly replaced VMF-222: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBMflyer Posted February 18, 2008 Share #3 Posted February 18, 2008 Patrick, actually the patch is for VMF-312, the 'Checkerboards', I have almost the exact patch in a small grouping. The script is confusing but that is what it is. They flew F4U's in both WWII and Korea, Mark. What do you guys think, Korean war vintage? Maybe later? Cant find much info on this squadron. Any comments appreciated. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfrost Posted February 18, 2008 Author Share #4 Posted February 18, 2008 Patrick, actually the patch is for VMF-312, the 'Checkerboards', I have almost the exact patch in a small grouping. The script is confusing but that is what it is. They flew F4U's in both WWII and Korea, Mark. Thank you gentlemen, Now that I look at it more closely, I see that it is indeed VMF 312. That makes a bit more sense. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason G Posted February 18, 2008 Share #5 Posted February 18, 2008 Yep. That's a '312' patch. Looks like a Korean era example to me. I'm a former "Checkerboarder". We called the airstrip on top the 'barbecue pit' and the carrier on the bottom the 'frying pan'. The pilots didn't much like this patch, it wasn't 'mean' looking enough for em. So, in 1987, when we were in the Philippines, they had a bunch of these made up: (Sorry, can't paste the pic for some reason) http://www.baddude.com/units/VMFA312/vmfa312-logo.gif The original WWII logo is of a big fat bulldog firing multiple machine guns. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/t...2_WWII_Logo.jpg We had those made up as well. Eventually, they made the dog part of the patch and phased out (officially) the skillet and barbecue patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exp105 Posted September 8, 2009 Share #6 Posted September 8, 2009 Hi there, I was also in VMFA 312 in the Philippines during that tour in 1987. I was the Marine / artist who worked closely with the CO, Lt Col Hailston on redesigning the patch from the Vietnam era to what You see today. I blended the 1940s Devil Dog patch with the Korean era to get this one now used. The VMFA is hand drawn in my style. I wanted to modernize the logo with some FUN. I also designed many other things such as the Dept Book, shop & DET-TOD Tshirts, to Red-Flag and Green-Flag in 29 Palms Ca, our squadron flags and murals on our hangar bay doors at Beaufort SC. Now days I design museums , trade-show-booths, theme-parks and Emergency Command for Military and first Responders as expdesigner.com. Since there were 6 of us as brothers in the Marines at once, I also designed other things for their units as well. The most recent was the 128th ARMY Medic patch and coin design. One of my brothers left the Marines and after college became a fighter medic in every conflict from Bosnia & Sarajevo to the war in Iraq. That Logo design of VMFA 312 set off a whole career path !!!!!! Semper FI ! M McCoy http://www.military-graphics.com/VMFA312DOG.png http://www.adamrainville.com/wordpress/wp-...04/vmfa-312.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffro Posted September 8, 2009 Share #7 Posted September 8, 2009 What do you guys think, Korean war vintage? Maybe later? Cant find much info on this squadron. Any comments appreciated. Patrick VMF 312 2nd pattern Korea and El Toro flying F4U-4s circa 1948-1950 according to Holmberg's book. Jeffro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exp105 Posted September 9, 2009 Share #8 Posted September 9, 2009 The first patch was used at the end of Korea and throught Vietnam up to 1987. VMAF is the oldest air-wing squadron on the east coast of America. They flew corsairs during WWII. And were based on Paris Island Page Field Marine Corps installation for a time being. That's when they had the Devil Dog logo. Here is the full history of the squadron from A to Z.....concerning the patches, and more illustrious campaigns with famous pilots ect..... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMFA-312 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason G Posted September 10, 2009 Share #9 Posted September 10, 2009 Coooool! I was the S-2 guy. Remember Gunny Beeler? I worked for him. I'll contact you off line, good to hear from you! Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOC Gregg Posted February 23, 2022 Share #10 Posted February 23, 2022 FYI, To respond to the OP (belatedly), the patch in question is Korean war 1952 era, USS Bataan CVL-29. I posted Dad's name tag and patch still attached to his leather flight jacket.SS Bataan Room Assignments Korea.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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