History Man Posted January 13, 2013 Share #1 Posted January 13, 2013 I bought this jacket along with the man's fathers military items towards the end of the year. I have yet to ID the patch on the sons WEP jacket. He was in USAF Air Rescue during and after Vietnam but I was told the patch might predate the jacket and possibly be from WW2/Korea but I am not sure. Any help regarding ID and date would be appreciated. Also would this be a standard issue patch or was it made overseas? Philip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted January 13, 2013 Share #2 Posted January 13, 2013 Nice looking patch.I'm thinking late 50's early 60's when units were called 'AIR RESCUE'.Sometime in the mid 60's they were changed to 'AEROSPACE RESCUE & RECOVERY'.Look's like he's wearing swim fin's and is holding a bomb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Signor Posted January 13, 2013 Share #3 Posted January 13, 2013 I have a similar patch without the "B" on it , and it was supposedly the 8fh Bombardment Squadron (L) covered the west coast areas and they flew B-18 and B25 Johnny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Signor Posted January 13, 2013 Share #4 Posted January 13, 2013 Could be the Rescue B Flight for the 8th as the design is the same Johnny It is shown in the Disney Dons Dog tags book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchcollector Posted September 29, 2016 Share #5 Posted September 29, 2016 That's a great patch.I'm thinking early to mid 50's timeframe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamski Posted September 30, 2016 Share #6 Posted September 30, 2016 A beaut for sure! -Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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