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This is a recent pick-up. A beautifully used VF-142 patch with Velcro on the back. This is one of my favorites. 
 

It shows wear and tear rub marks right where the shoulder harness would ride on top of the patch. 

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On 8/1/2017 at 12:03 PM, Salvage Sailor said:

VAW-12 DET 48 Carrier Aircraft Early Warning Squadron 12 The Bats

 

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i wonder if there the same , I cannot figure it out

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Same squadron, different detachments, both serving with Task Group Bravo aboard the USS WASP (CVS-18) circa 1958 to 1961

 

Your Patch:  USS WASP (CVS-18) Deployed May 12, 1958 to October 11, 1958  https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv18-58/174.htm

Lebanon Expeditionary Force

CVG-1

VS-31 (S2F-1)
HS-11 (HSS-1)
VAW-12 Det. 43 (AD-5W)
HMR(L)-262 (HRS-3)
HU-2 Det. 48        

Mediterranean, Lebanon              

Gibraltar
Souda Bay, Greece
Rhodes, Greece
Athens, Greece
Beirut, Lebanon
Norfolk, Va.
Quonset Point, RI.

 

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My patch:  USS WASP (CVS-18) with CVSG-52 Deployed July 9, 1960 to August 11, 1960 https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv18-60/index.html

VS-28 (S2F-1)
VS-31 (S2F-1)
HS-11 (HSS-1N)
VAW-12 Det. 48 (AD-5W)
HU-2 Det. 48 (HUK-1)    AS  

Southern Atlantic
Africa (Congo)

 

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and then.....USS WASP (CVS-18) with CVSG-52 Deployed June 9, 1961 to September 1, 1961 https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv18-61/index.html

VS-28 (S2F-1)
VS-31 (S2F-1)
HS-11 (HSS-1N)
VAW-12 Det. 48 (AD-5W)    

AS  Mediterranean              

Augusta Bay, Sicily, Italy
Barcelona, Spain
San Remo, Italy
La Spezia, Italy
Aranci Bay, Sardinia, Italy
Genoa, Italy
Cannes, France

 

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VAW-12 patch from my collection

 

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On 2/15/2021 at 12:56 PM, Bearmon said:

 

Here is a VAW 12 Det 41 patch probably from a USS Midway med cruise in 1960- 1961  

 

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Nice patch Bearmon and it fits right in with the VAW-12 patches posted above, but that's not from a deployment aboard MIDWAY.  The Bats were an East Coast/Med VAW squadron and in 1960 & 1961 DET 41 was deployed with VF-41, The BLACK ACES, on The Showboat, USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62)

 

VAW-12 DET 41 USS INDEPENDENCE MED CRUISE 1960

 

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VAW-12 DET 41 USS INDEPENDENCE MED CRUISE 1961

 

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....and while I'm at it

 

FIGHTING 41 (VF-41) BLACK ACES

 

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FIGHTING 41 Patch in use aboard USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62) in the MED 1960

 

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(VC-5) FLEET COMPOSITE SQUADRON 5 (FLECOMPRON 5) CHECKERTAILS - SKYHAWKS FOREVER!  

 

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FLECOMPRON 5 CHECKERTAILS (VC-5) - NAS NAHA, OKINAWA & NAS ATSUGI, JAPAN

 

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FLECOMPRON 5 CHECKERTAILS (VC-5) - NAS CUBI POINT, PHILIPPINES

 

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(VC-5) CHECKERTAILS ADVERSARY

 

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VA-203 Blue Dolphins (ATKRON 203)

US Naval Reserve strike fighter squadron tail code AF, flying Corsairs and Skyhawks

 

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Attack Squadron 203 (VA-203), nicknamed the Blue Dolphins, was established at NAS Jacksonville, Florida on 1 July 1970, as a reserve force squadron (RESFORON) under a new concept in the reorganization of the Naval Air Reserve Force. The reorganization was intended to make the reserves more compatible with active duty units and to increase their combat readiness.  It was redesignated VFA-203 in 1989.

 

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VA-145 SWORDSMEN (ATKRON-145) 1976 Bicentennial Cruise, Ace Novelty, Tokyo

WESTPAC January 1976 - September 1976 with CVW-2 aboard USS Ranger (CV 61)

 

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Made by Ace Novelty, Tokyo, Japan (tag fell off, note the residue)

 

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Original paint on leather VF-11 Sun Downers patch from 1943

 

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This is what it looks like on a side panel of an F4F-4

 

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Here's Himself holding the side panels from his F4F flown out of Guadalcanal in the spring/summer of 1943.  When the squadron flew back to Espiritu Santo at the end of their tour, they turned their planes in for whatever future.  He removed the panels from his and replaced them with a couple from the grave yard.  Photo is circa 1998.

 

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And just for fun, a decal, circa 1949 from VF-171 . . . I'd show you a patch, but it's on his flight  jacket which is in my daughter's possession.

 

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I believe we skipped this one....

 

VS-35 Boomerangers

'Operation Pocket Money', the mining of Haiphong Harbor in 1972

USS TICONDEROGA with CSVG-53 on board.

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Removed from an enlisted squadron members' blue work jacket

 

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VF-11 Sun Downers, unfinished patch, gold imprint on leather.  Used during their 2nd combat tour, USS Hornet, CV-12, from October 1944 to February 1945.sundownergolds.jpg.7bbab0a7b1293fe7df03de4b5fd9b795.jpg

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Very Nice, Only seen one in a period photo (attached).   Identifiable are Lieutenant James Sprankle Brown (116795) (who had served as a VB-21 SBD driver during CVG-11's Guadalcanal tour in mid-1943) and Lieutenant William Rice Sisley (098474) (with patch)

 

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Gerald ("Gerry") Alexander Coeur (291303), credited with one Ki-44 "Tojo" on 5 Nov 1944.  DOR Ensign, 1 Jul 1943; Lieutenant (jg), 11 Nov 1944; Lieutenant, 1 Jun 1946.  

 

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Hello, James Sprankle Brown (Bud) was my uncle. In your image, Bud has the patch on his M-421 jacket.  Here are a couple of other images with that patch.  In the first image, that is George Morris with the patch on his flight suit. Then Bud Brown with Oscar West on the steps at the von Tempsky ranch.  George Morris with Bud Brown on the same steps. Then the same image (cropped) that you posted.  Then another pic of Gerry, but no patch.  Gerry did not like the gold embossed patch.

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Sorry about that, somehow got my names reversed in translation.  Duly corrected in my files.  Get a little lost sometimes on second tour personages; most of my info revolves around first tour folks.

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Hi All,

 

See two of my favorite USN A-4 Skyhawk related patches. They are among my more rare attack squadron patches and both related to my late father's command. Both those VSF squadrons were short lived. Having been decommissioned immediately following their single combat deployment.  Thereafter elements of both squadrons were merged with VA-152.  All of which allowed VA-152 to transition from the Skyraider to the Skyhawk.

 

This is the second version of the VSF-1 Warhawks patch and one of the two the squadron had made. 

 

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Next is the VSF-3 Chessman patch. Created when the newly formed squadron came off line to Yokosuka in 1967. Up and until that time the squadron members wore the VSF-1 patch. As explained to me by members of VSF-3, they were hastily formed using VSF-1 squadron members. Thereafter immediately deployed to the Gulf of Tonkin aboard the (CVS-11) USS Intrepid.   The Chessmen patch is among the nicest constructed Vietnam era squadron patch I've encountered to date. 

 

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That 1st version of the VSF-1 Warhawks squadron patch can be seen attached to the skipper's G-1 directly below.

 

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Cheers, Dave

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Air Anti-Submarine Squadron THIRTY TWO (VS-32)

 

Always be nice to your flight deck mechanics

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Keelers Healers VS-32 Power Plants, Locheed S-3A Vikings

 

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An S-3A of VS-32 assigned to CVW-1 aboard USS America in 1982 (note the red v chevron on the engine cowling & the patch)

 

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Hi All,

 

The following two VA-164 squadron patches are related to my late father's (Air Ops to CAG CVW-16) Vietnam combat deployments.  As seen from pages from my father's cruise books. Both are the exact versions utilized by the squadron members for both their 1966-1967 and 1967-1968 Westpac deployments.  

 

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1966-1967 (CVA-34) USS Oriskany cruise book 

 

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1967-1968 (CVA-34) USS Oriskany cruise book. 

 

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Cheers, Dave

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USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63) 25 year anniversary deployment 1985, Philippine made patches.

 

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USN Bicentennial (1975/76) & 25th Year (1986) ball cap patches

 

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VS-33 Screwbirds Anti-Submarine Experts, "DON'T SCREW WITH US"

 

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VS-33 Screwbirds - CAG-9 FAW'S PI made Gumby patch with Viking helmet,

"ANYTIME MAYBE" a play on the Tomcat phrase Anytime Baby

 

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...and the Blue Diamonds, 6" PI made

 

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VA-146 BLUE DIAMONDS - POWER THROUGH PEOPLE (note the error on the patch, the maker changed the "5" to a "6"

 

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Fighter Squadron 74 (VF-74)  Be-Devilers in service 1944 to 1994

F4 Phantoms over Vietnam

 

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In early 1972 they transitioned from the F-4B to the F-4J. Between July 1972 to February 1973 the squadron returned to combat in Vietnam on board USS America. During seven periods on the famous Yankee Station VF-74 did not lose a single aircraft to enemy action. VF-74 was just as successful in peace time, winning the CNO Safety "S" in 1974 along with the Battle "E". In 1975, they moved to CVW-8 and took part in the maiden cruise of USS Nimitz. In 1976 they won the Admiral Joseph Clifton Award, making them the top US Navy fighter squadron.

 

A F-4J of VF-74 during the deployment to Vietnam, USS AMERICA

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COLD WAR - "There's a Bear in the Air..."  We would constantly shadow and intercept the Commie Recon Bears until they left our airspace.

 

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"Always Check Your Six Ivan".........

AIM-9 SIDEWINDER Cold War patch from USS AMERICA (CV-66) 1982 Mediterranean - Indian Ocean cruise

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