phantomfixer Posted October 28, 2015 Share #1 Posted October 28, 2015 After many years of waiting and looking...finally found a blue wool USAF blanket....from what I have read it is from the 1950's and issued in limited numbers...so not common.... Saferty pin tag is named to Curtis E Webb if anyone has more info on the history of these blankets please post.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry K. Posted October 28, 2015 Share #2 Posted October 28, 2015 Nice, and pretty sure like you said, early 50's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Ragan Posted October 28, 2015 Share #3 Posted October 28, 2015 We had some back in the 60's, but I don't think I saw any with USAF imprinted on them. The blue ones are kind of odd-ball as most blankets we were issued were OD. Some stuff stays around for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve B. Posted October 29, 2015 Share #4 Posted October 29, 2015 My Father had a couple from his time in the Air Force. He was assigned to the 57th Air Rescue Squadron in the Azores in the mid-fifties. His squadron commander decided that he wanted all bunks in the entire squadron to have the new Air Firce blue blankets instead of the OD Army blankets. As the most junior officer in the squadron, my Father was assigned the task of acquiring blue blankets by any means possible. Back then, many (perhaps most) trans-Atlantic flights stopped in the Azores to refuel. My Father organized a detail, and they met every flight with a stack of nice fresh OD blankets and traded them for any blue blankets that were available. The best flights were the medical ones that had dozens of stretcher patients, all with blankets. He said that most of the time the flight nurses and flight crews would just roll their eyes and shake their heads when he told them the story, but they went ahead and traded blankets. Occasionally they were rebuffed or the flight didn't have any blue blankets and he had to go away empty handed. He laughed about it when I first heard the story ten or fifteen years after the fact, but he probably wasn't laughing when it happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfixer Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share #5 Posted October 29, 2015 That is a great story...and sounds very typical military....hopefully your father's mission was a success...and Lajes is still a hot spot for trans refuels..... thanks for the story..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted October 30, 2015 Share #6 Posted October 30, 2015 Ha I remember this talk a ways back, you gonna make member luger05 Green, or will it be Blue with Envy, unless he found his already . http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/227100-1950s-blue-rack-blanket/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfixer Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share #7 Posted October 30, 2015 two went out on ebay for under 20.00 awhile ago.....so they are out there...but being an Air Force town, I figured one would pop up sooner or later...The lady I purchased it from usually shreds the wool blankets, re dyes them and makes fuzzy blankets out of the surplus GI blankets...this one was slated to be shredded, but she had a thought, and put it on her table for sale at the local flea market...lucky for me So hopefully Lugar was able to find his.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lugar05 Posted October 31, 2015 Share #8 Posted October 31, 2015 Phantomfixer, I did at a yard sale here in Layton Utah for $5.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted October 31, 2015 Share #9 Posted October 31, 2015 Phantomfixer, I did at a yard sale here in Layton Utah for $5.00 Good for you, did you have to wait long? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthytyler Posted October 15, 2016 Share #10 Posted October 15, 2016 I just bought one today at a garage sale for $1 along with 2 other green ones. I'll post photos later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted October 15, 2016 Share #11 Posted October 15, 2016 Would love to have one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDermut99 Posted October 15, 2016 Share #12 Posted October 15, 2016 I have a couple that I will post soon and later sell. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthytyler Posted October 15, 2016 Share #13 Posted October 15, 2016 I only wanted one of the green ones. I'll sell the blue one to whoever wants it on here. Posting pics tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthytyler Posted October 15, 2016 Share #14 Posted October 15, 2016 Scratch that. I just opened them all up and they are all in terrible shape. Stains, holes and super smelly. For $1 I didn't inspect them before I purchased. I'm afraid they will probably get tossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted October 15, 2016 Share #15 Posted October 15, 2016 I have a couple that I will post soon and later sell. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I've been looking for awhile... right price, a sale. In BMT at Lackland ('63) there were a handful of those on beds in the barracks, the rest were Army green. Maybe 6 of them or fewer were blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas36th Posted May 4, 2017 Share #16 Posted May 4, 2017 I picked one up today that still has its original label. BLANKET-BED, WOVEN, WOOL BLUE SHADE 504 STITCH BOUND STOCK NUMBER 3550-050150-64 PEARCE WOOLEN MILLS. INC. MARCH 1955 Q.M. 4846 O.I. 2757-T-55 65 % WOOL- 25 % REPROCESSED WOOL- 10 % REUSED WOOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted May 4, 2017 Share #17 Posted May 4, 2017 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDermut99 Posted October 28, 2017 Share #18 Posted October 28, 2017 Here are my two examples, both of which are near mint if not mint condition. Both are dated April of 1955. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted October 28, 2017 Share #19 Posted October 28, 2017 "Here are my two examples, both of which are near mint if not mint condition. Both are dated April of 1955." Beautiful !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDermut99 Posted October 31, 2017 Share #20 Posted October 31, 2017 "Here are my two examples, both of which are near mint if not mint condition. Both are dated April of 1955." Beautiful !!!!! Thanks! Here is one I’m a little baffled by. It’s wool and has the AC flash at center, but it’s a decent bit larger that the barracks blankets. I’m not sure if it’s something that was issued or sold at a PX, or even a civilian made blanket. I’m pretty sure it dates to the 1950’s but I could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfixer Posted October 31, 2017 Author Share #21 Posted October 31, 2017 now that is a cool blanket! I am thinking civilian also ...but never know.......there has been USGI items with the USGI tag along with the civilian tag from that period I could see it at one of the civilian contract pilot training facilities...making sure the star was centered on the bunk.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDermut99 Posted November 7, 2017 Share #22 Posted November 7, 2017 now that is a cool blanket! I am thinking civilian also ...but never know.......there has been USGI items with the USGI tag along with the civilian tag from that period I could see it at one of the civilian contract pilot training facilities...making sure the star was centered on the bunk.... The blanket measures 5ft 7 1/2in. wide by 7ft 2 1/2in. long. I'm leaning more towards civilian, but I can't find any other examples of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted October 9, 2022 Share #23 Posted October 9, 2022 BUMP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted October 9, 2022 Share #24 Posted October 9, 2022 I still use mine, every night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfixer Posted October 10, 2022 Author Share #25 Posted October 10, 2022 They make a good “ old man in a recliner” blanket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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