Croix de Guerre Posted August 28, 2008 Share #1 Posted August 28, 2008 I was scanning a lot of photos today and thought you all might enjoy seeing a few different examples of pilots wearing their wings. #1 Unknown pilot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croix de Guerre Posted August 28, 2008 Author Share #2 Posted August 28, 2008 I was scanning a lot of photos today and thought you all might enjoy seeing a few different examples of pilots wearing their wings. #1 Unknown pilot #2 Unknown Pilot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croix de Guerre Posted August 28, 2008 Author Share #3 Posted August 28, 2008 Pilot #3 This image came with a dog tag to a Lt named Dorwart but I think it was a put together. This image has a Richmond, Virginia photographers imprint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMPERIAL QUEST Posted August 28, 2008 Share #4 Posted August 28, 2008 Very nice photos. Seeing these old photos makes we want a WWI wing for my collection even more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfrost Posted August 28, 2008 Share #5 Posted August 28, 2008 a few of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfrost Posted August 28, 2008 Share #6 Posted August 28, 2008 A super nice picture of USAAC airship pilot. I believe that only about 90 or so pilot rated these wings. Sadly, he isnt IDed... One photo of him in the mid-20s and one in the late 30's I would guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfrost Posted August 28, 2008 Share #7 Posted August 28, 2008 Lt S A Sloan of the 268th Aerosquadron. This was in a great collection of WWI and post WWI photos. The second photo is of Sloan and his observer and another pilot and his observer. I believe they got "cooties" and had to be deloused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croix de Guerre Posted August 29, 2008 Author Share #8 Posted August 29, 2008 Man, those are sweet photos, esp the airship wings! Very, Very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLHSS Posted August 29, 2008 Share #9 Posted August 29, 2008 Here's one from my photo post card collection: Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMPERIAL QUEST Posted August 29, 2008 Share #10 Posted August 29, 2008 Fabulous pictures....where is that fainting smiley when you need one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted August 29, 2008 Share #11 Posted August 29, 2008 Not great detail on the wings, but I just got this as part of a group and had to show it! One of my Foggia pilots: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croix de Guerre Posted August 29, 2008 Author Share #12 Posted August 29, 2008 Not great detail on the wings, but I just got this as part of a group and had to show it! One of my Foggia pilots: Oliver Stout SSN: 303-05-6611 Last Residence: 46205 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States of America Born: 11 Mar 1896 Died: May 1971 State (Year) SSN issued: Indiana (Before 1951 ) Oliver H Stout [Oliver L Stout] Home in 1920: Indianapolis Ward 3, Marion, Indiana Age: 23 years Estimated Birth Year: abt 1897 Birthplace: Indiana Relation to Head of House: Son-in-law Spouse's Name: Helen Father's Birth Place: Indiana Mother's Birth Place: Indiana Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Male Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Image: 639 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Marguerite P Braden 56 Oliver H Stout 23 Helen Stout 22 Clara Allen 40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted August 29, 2008 Share #13 Posted August 29, 2008 Wow... nice stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted August 29, 2008 Share #14 Posted August 29, 2008 Thanks CdG for the information. Here is a little post war info on Stout: "December 1949. Indiana became the first state to name a chief of the newly authorized air section of its state National Guard headquarters staff with the appointment of Brig. Gen. Oliver H. Stout to that post." The Stout family is fairly prominent in Indianapolis. Stout Field is named after his brother Richard Stout, another WWI aviator and was the Headquarter for Troop Carrier Command during WWII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croix de Guerre Posted August 29, 2008 Author Share #15 Posted August 29, 2008 Here is an unknown observer,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigredone Posted August 29, 2008 Share #16 Posted August 29, 2008 I've seen very early metal wings but the jewelers mark in the back was somewhere in Texas, where the signal corps air service started. Hey! His folks started Stout Shoes in Indianapolis. The last time I was there his picture was still framed by the front door. The kewl thing about stout shoes was that its about the oldest shoe store still around. Their stockroom was on a second floor, so they had old fashioned office equipment to get shoes from the stockroom. Baskets on a clothes line that shoot back and forth. And it was next to Bazbeau pizza, which is also a something to do in indianapolis. John Not great detail on the wings, but I just got this as part of a group and had to show it! One of my Foggia pilots: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandon_rss18 Posted August 29, 2008 Share #17 Posted August 29, 2008 I REALLY like these WW1 wings, but have never actually priced them because I was scared too. What do these usually go for? And just for entertainment value, how much do the airship wings run around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfrost Posted August 29, 2008 Share #18 Posted August 29, 2008 Based on what I have been seeing on ebay. People can quibble about the range, but this is what I see around. Bullion wings 600-1200$ depending on how "sure" people are they are legit. A recent bullion wing with a manufacturer's lable on the back went for around 1800$ IIRC. I think anything "good" is going to be around 800$ or more. Dallas wings sell for about 1200-1700$ Some of the rarer variations may sell for more. Some very good fakes of these, so you need to know what you are doing. Other types (e.g. Shreve, Eisenstad, Robbins, Gaunt, etc) of metal wings seem to go for 1500-2000, but again some of the rarer variations get significantly more. Tiffany I have only seen them in the 3000-5000$ range, but I know a few people that got them cheaper than that. It seems that I see that about 1-2 dozen good 100% legit WWI vintage wings come up on ebay each year, with a few rare others that sometimes show up and are mis-identified or mis-labled and get sold for cheaply. The vast majority on ebay are fakes or reproductions adn a few wings that can go either way. Dealer sites that do offer wings, you may need to multiply the values cited above by 1.5 to 2 times. Sadly, a few of the dealers who offer WWI wings ALSO spend alot of time buying them off of ebay. Also, if a bidding war breaks out, or two people with sniping ware decide they want this, then I have seen some really stupid money being spent. Funny thing, a few recent obvious fakes went for big money on ebay recently. So people are buying up stuff that they apparently have little knowledge about. ONe last thing, I think airship wings could easily reach the 1000$+ mark BUT the problem there is that the fakes are so hard to tell from the originals. Certain patterns I wont even touch. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belleauwood Posted August 30, 2008 Share #19 Posted August 30, 2008 Croix, Some of these you've seen. But thought I'd throw a few up anyway. Nice Thread! R.F. Raymond - POW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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