KASTAUFFER Posted January 24, 2013 Share #1 Posted January 24, 2013 Mark Leonard asked me to do a thread on Naval Aviator ID cards, and thought it was a great idea. In this thread I am going to post all of the different types of cards I have , in chronological order . Naval Aviator ID's were presented once training was complete and served as a " pilots license" while in the Navy. They seem to be fairly scarce, even the WWII dated ones. I will start off with the 1st and best one: ID Card and wallet to NAVAL AVIATOR # 141 dated 1917. He also earned the Navy Cross in WWI. This is the earliest ID I have seen in private hands, but am hoping someone here on the forum can post an even earlier one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share #2 Posted January 24, 2013 ID Card and wallet to NAVAL AVIATOR # 2706 dated 1919. He also was one of the first pilots to take off and land on the 1st Navy aircraft carrier, the USS Langley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KASTAUFFER Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share #4 Posted January 24, 2013 ID Card and wallet to NAVAL AVIATOR # 3030 dated 1922 . He was also a pioneer Lighter Than Air pilot earning Aviator # 218 in Jan. 1918. This rating here is for his Heavier than Air certification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share #5 Posted January 24, 2013 NAVAL AVIATION PILOT ( Enlisted Pilot ) ID # 131 dated 1926 . This one is very early and extremelly rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share #6 Posted January 24, 2013 ID Card and wallet to NAVAL AVIATOR # 4529 dated 1930 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share #7 Posted January 24, 2013 ID Card and wallet to NAVAL AVIATOR # 5715 dated 1938 . He was later KIA during WWII as the CO of VC-93 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share #8 Posted January 24, 2013 ID Card and wallet to NAVAL AVIATOR # 9618 dated 1941. He later was killed in an aircraft accident in 1943. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share #9 Posted January 24, 2013 ID Card and wallet to NAVAL AVIATOR # P353 dated 1942 . The P prefix was used for Pensacola graduates during WWII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share #10 Posted January 24, 2013 ID Card and wallet to NAVAL AVIATOR # P-2407 dated 1943 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share #11 Posted January 24, 2013 ID Card and wallet to NAVAL AVIATOR # P-3756 dated 1943 . he served with VF-17 and VF-40 and was KIA in Jan 1944. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share #12 Posted January 24, 2013 NAVAL AVIATION PILOT ( enlisted pilot) # 37-43 dated 1943 . He died during WWII, but I have not been able to determine how. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share #13 Posted January 24, 2013 And the last one, while not a pilot, is a rare example. US Navy FLIGHT SURGEON ID card and Wallet # 655 dated 1944 . The low number should indicate how scarce these are. He later served as a Flight Surgeon to USMC Fighter squadrons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share #14 Posted January 24, 2013 Thats all for now! If you have any examples please add them to this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark leonard Posted January 25, 2013 Share #15 Posted January 25, 2013 Hey Kurt I want to thank you for posting this, I will be looking at it ten times a day for a good while.It's hard to pick a favorite but I keep going back to Stocker, Daly,and Babbitt, but everyone is great.I have never seen a flght sergeon I.D, that is way cool ! Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-17Guy Posted January 28, 2013 Share #16 Posted January 28, 2013 Ens Donald E. Allison #C-22877 Nov 1944. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDK Posted January 28, 2013 Share #17 Posted January 28, 2013 I've got 3, but here is my best example. JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDK Posted January 28, 2013 Share #18 Posted January 28, 2013 Sorry, it's been one of those days. Just finishing this one up.Double Ace and Navy Cross winner.JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share #19 Posted January 28, 2013 VERY NICE! I love the early permanent citation too. Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustywings Posted January 29, 2013 Share #20 Posted January 29, 2013 Terrific subject matter Kurt. You and the others have posted some outstanding examples. I've never seen a USN Flight Surgeon ID...and the Enlisted Aviator ID is truely top-shelf stuff! Here's Naval Aviator # P543. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustywings Posted January 29, 2013 Share #21 Posted January 29, 2013 Dated November 1942, this ID was produced a month after Kurt's ID illustrated in post #9. It's signed bt the same Commandant at N.A.S. Pensacola. Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustywings Posted January 29, 2013 Share #22 Posted January 29, 2013 George Jewett was a career Navy man. He was a Naval Aviation Observer (Radar) in 1945, then became a Naval Aviator after the war, hence the two ID's. Not sure why his N.A.O. identification has two dates, 28 September 1945 and 29 April 1947? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustywings Posted January 29, 2013 Share #23 Posted January 29, 2013 Naval Aviation Observer (Radar). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustywings Posted January 29, 2013 Share #24 Posted January 29, 2013 Naval Aviation Observer (Radar). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustywings Posted January 29, 2013 Share #25 Posted January 29, 2013 1950 dated Naval Aviator ID to the same man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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