BND173D Posted January 6, 2018 Share #1 Posted January 6, 2018 NEED ID ON THIS LEATHER PATCH. PICKED UP 3 OF HIS LEATHER PATCHES AND A BOOK. HIS NAME IS WRITEN IN BOOK LOOKS LIKE ROBERT HITHOVEN. THANKS FOR ANY HELP. ED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Finn Posted January 6, 2018 Share #2 Posted January 6, 2018 Nice patch! Wish I could help but have never seen it before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walika Posted January 6, 2018 Share #3 Posted January 6, 2018 Great patch! 24th Combat Mapping Squadron, 5th Reconnaissance Group, 10th AAF LINEAGE. Constituted 24th Photographic Mapping Squadron on 14 Jul 1942. Activated on 2 Sep 1942. Redesignated: 24th Photographic Squadron (Heavy) on 6 Feb 1943; 24th Combat Mapping Squadron on 11 Aug 1943. Inactivated on 15 Jun 1946.ASSIGNMENTS. 5th Photographic (later Photographic Reconnaissance and Mapping; Photographic Reconnaissance) Group, 2 Sep 1942; Third Air Force, 9 Oct 194.3; 111 Reconnaissance Command, 12 Oct 1943; AAF, India-Burma Sector, 26 Dec 1943 (attached to 5306th Photographic and Reconnaissance Group [Prov], 26 Dec 1943-17 Jan 1944, and to Tenth Air Force, 17 Jan? Mar 1944); Tenth Air Force, 7 Mar 1944; 8th Photographic (later Reconnaissance) Group, 25 Apr 1944; AAF, India-Burma Theater, 20 Sep 1945.STATIONS. Colorado Springs, Colo, 2 Sep 1942; Will Rogers Field, Okla, 13 Oct-8 Nov 1943; Guskhara, India, 5 Jan 1944 (detachments operated from Hsinching, China, 17 Mar-9 Apr 1944; Jorhat, India, 9-22 Apr 1944; Hsinching, China, 27 Apr-c. 1 Jul 1944; Liuchow, China, 10 Jul-22 Sep 1944; Chanyi, China, 22 Sep 1944-17 Feb 1945 [elements at Hsinching, China, Oct-Nov 1944, and at Pengshan, China, Nov 19441; Tulihal and Cox’s Bazar, India, Feb-c. Apr 1945; air echelon at Clark Field, Luzon, after 18 Dec 1945); Calcutta, India, 23 Dec 1945; Kanchrapara, India, 27 Dec 1945-17 Jan 1946.AIRCRAFT. B-24/F-7, 1943; in addition to F-7, 1944-1946, included B-25, 1944.CAMPAIGNS. India-Burma; China Defensive; Central Burma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BND173D Posted January 6, 2018 Author Share #4 Posted January 6, 2018 THANKS FOR THE ID WALIKA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BND173D Posted January 6, 2018 Author Share #5 Posted January 6, 2018 CHIT AND FLAG THAT CAME WITH PATCH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doinworkinvans Posted January 7, 2018 Share #6 Posted January 7, 2018 Man what a find!! Would love to see all three side by side! Congrats to you! CBI and Pacific items are so salty looking. Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[email protected] Posted January 8, 2018 Share #7 Posted January 8, 2018 Very Cool Patch! Thank you for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobgee Posted January 8, 2018 Share #8 Posted January 8, 2018 Very nice! Congrats----Bobgee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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