Airman86 Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share #26 Posted November 28, 2014 Thank you for checking BROBS! If it is indeed a name like that, something should pop up so I'm thinking that either we're All wing Scott the name lol or maybe that was the tailor or some other type of "inspectors" signature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airman86 Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share #27 Posted November 28, 2014 All wrong about the name of I can type I meant to say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airman86 Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share #28 Posted November 28, 2014 I really hate cellphone keypads!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acpike Posted November 17, 2017 Share #29 Posted November 17, 2017 This looks like the name of the man on the uniform: Arden T. Aegerter http://www.zabkafuneralhome.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=521837 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airman86 Posted November 18, 2017 Author Share #30 Posted November 18, 2017 That could be it! Thank you for the research. After 3 years we may finally have a match! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38Driver Posted November 25, 2017 Share #31 Posted November 25, 2017 Can't be the same guy as the one acpike posted about flew as a B-29 Navigator in the Pacific, while your guy was an 8th AF pilot in the ETO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acpike Posted November 25, 2017 Share #32 Posted November 25, 2017 Yeah, I saw that but figured name was so similar Id post. Possible that patches were swapped to 8th after the fact? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbinephalen Posted November 25, 2017 Share #33 Posted November 25, 2017 That obit is 100% who this jacket belonged to. Either somebody else picked it up or the jacket was made up to look like an 8th flyboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garandomatic Posted November 25, 2017 Share #34 Posted November 25, 2017 Ribbons and wings might be added, but the 8th was sent to the Pacific very late war. I've got a double patched 20th af/8th af uniform, myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airman86 Posted November 25, 2017 Author Share #35 Posted November 25, 2017 Thank you all very much for the interesting discussions! It's given me alit to think about and it really gives me drive to research it more. I think there is more history to this than is being presented and I aim to uncover it with the help I receive from everybody here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeplover Posted November 26, 2017 Share #36 Posted November 26, 2017 some thing I have done to bring out faded writing on pictures is take a picture with your phone make the picture a negative the writing should stand out. I have a few pictures where the writing was almost gone and this trick has worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USdog Posted November 26, 2017 Share #37 Posted November 26, 2017 I have his dog tag! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USdog Posted November 26, 2017 Share #38 Posted November 26, 2017 This is what I have on him. Arden T. Aegerter was born on 5 March 1922 in Seward, Nebraska. He enlisted in the Air Corps on 11 May 1943.... Aegerter attended Army Air Corps Officer Training School focusing on RADAR and navigation. After being assigned to the 58th Bomb Wing, he flew missions as a Boeing B-29 Navigator based in the Marianas. His unit flew missions over the CBI theater until the wars end. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airman86 Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share #39 Posted November 26, 2017 Looks like a match! Thank you for sharing. Truly is a small world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVR Posted December 17, 2018 Share #40 Posted December 17, 2018 Very nice to see that a forum like this can bring things together! I love the uniform and the way it looks on the mannequin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul70 Posted December 18, 2018 Share #41 Posted December 18, 2018 You can see pin holes around the ribbon bar. Someone added the ribbons for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doinworkinvans Posted December 18, 2018 Share #42 Posted December 18, 2018 Those ribbons remind me of relichunter52 unfortunately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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