ocsfollowme Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share #226 Posted September 1, 2015 There are three sizes to these and I have the smallest and I believe largest. Ventura County Women's Defense Battalion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocsfollowme Posted September 3, 2015 Author Share #227 Posted September 3, 2015 Sooner Air Training WWII contracted flying school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocsfollowme Posted September 4, 2015 Author Share #228 Posted September 4, 2015 US Naval Reserve Aviation Base Atlanta, GA mirror sweetheart patch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocsfollowme Posted September 5, 2015 Author Share #229 Posted September 5, 2015 3x variations thus far. Looking for more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocsfollowme Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share #230 Posted September 14, 2015 Just made it to my mailbox today. 53rd Flight Training Detachment Allied Air Forces Contract Flying School at Carlstrom Field, Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocsfollowme Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share #231 Posted September 17, 2015 A bit dirty, will clean up nicely, but was cheap. US Navy Davisville Rhode Island Seabees mirror patch. One of the more common mirror patches for the Navy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor996 Posted September 17, 2015 Share #232 Posted September 17, 2015 Love this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocsfollowme Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share #233 Posted September 17, 2015 Love this thread Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 17, 2015 Share #234 Posted September 17, 2015 A bit dirty, will clean up nicely, but was cheap. US Navy Davisville Rhode Island Seabees mirror patch. One of the more common mirror patches for the Navy. Screen Shot 2015-09-17 at 8.05.58 AM.jpg Crapoulflage Pattern? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocsfollowme Posted September 20, 2015 Author Share #235 Posted September 20, 2015 US Navy sweetheart mirror patch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted October 10, 2015 Share #236 Posted October 10, 2015 I don't own one of these, but I thought this was an interesting photograph of a Bell Aircraft Inspector. From the photo archive site Photogrammar: http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=owi2001027357/PP Bell Aircraft Corp. Niagara Falls, New York. Inspector on the final assembly line of Bell Airacobras May 1943. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocsfollowme Posted October 10, 2015 Author Share #237 Posted October 10, 2015 Thanks for posting Gil. I grew up in Niagara Falls which is why I collect these aviation company patches since so many rubber and aircraft manufacturer patches existed there. AWESSOME photo on so many levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted October 11, 2015 Share #238 Posted October 11, 2015 If you follow the link above, there are more photos of the employees of the Bell plant. I've posted before that my Mother grew up on the family farm less than a mile south of Lake Ontario in Ransomville in the 1930's and 40's. As kid I was building a model one day and she absolutely shocked me by correctly identifying my project as a P-39. She told me about the Bell plant, and that she remembered they used to test the guns on targets out over the lake. Her farm also had German POW's come out from the camp at Fort Niagara to help pick the apples at harvest time. With her brother in the South Pacific (New Guiana), it took me years to realize she had a very unique perspective on World War II. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocsfollowme Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share #239 Posted October 11, 2015 Gil, my mother's side of the familiy founded the town of Wilson 200 years ago so my familiy is all over that area. Small world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted October 11, 2015 Share #240 Posted October 11, 2015 My mother attended Wilson High School back in the 1940's. For as spread out as those farming communities were, it is surprising how interconnected they were. We might be cousins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocsfollowme Posted October 20, 2015 Author Share #241 Posted October 20, 2015 Some Civilian Defense cap devices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocsfollowme Posted October 20, 2015 Author Share #242 Posted October 20, 2015 Civilian Pilot Training wings. These came in both red and blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocsfollowme Posted October 20, 2015 Author Share #243 Posted October 20, 2015 Curtiss Wright factory patch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocsfollowme Posted October 21, 2015 Author Share #244 Posted October 21, 2015 Biggs Field Motor Pool (it is a fun design). I would claim the patch is between (1942-pre 9/27/47). Good chance that it would be WW2. On 30 June 1926 the original Biggs Field was closed and Camp Owen Beirne was renamed Biggs Field. On 27 September 1947, Biggs Army Airfield became Biggs Air Force Base with the establishment of the United States Air Force Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocsfollowme Posted October 22, 2015 Author Share #245 Posted October 22, 2015 Aberdeen Proving Grounds motor pool. Wool, no glow, heavy cotton back with newspaper and gauze for stabilizer. This is my 3rd motor pool WW2 patch. Any thoughts that this is not a WW2 patch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra 6 Actual Posted October 22, 2015 Share #246 Posted October 22, 2015 Just read all ten pages. The only word that comes to mind is "Impressive". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocsfollowme Posted October 26, 2015 Author Share #247 Posted October 26, 2015 Camp Howze PX patch. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Howze,_Texas victory "V" style eagle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocsfollowme Posted October 26, 2015 Author Share #248 Posted October 26, 2015 Pratt & Whitney Aircraft of Missouri Dependable Engines patch. I have a few variations of this company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocsfollowme Posted October 26, 2015 Author Share #249 Posted October 26, 2015 I picked up a nice collection of Contract Flying School patches and aircraft manufacturer patches that I will be posting in a week. Very exciting =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocsfollowme Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share #250 Posted October 29, 2015 Pacific Air School LTD AAFFTD FORT STOCKTON-TEXAS http://aafcollection.info/items/list.php?act=lx&ch=series&obj=17&pkg=lx!title!!81!12!title!up!20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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