Let's See Some Blue/Tan USAF Uniforms with Bullion Insignia

[CNY Militaria]

USAF blue and tan uniforms often had elaborate bullion rank, wings, sewn or embroidered ribbons, etc. Let's use this topic to share some of all ranks and types! Post em' if you've got em'! I'll start with two for now.

 

First up:

 

Uniform of Lieutenant General Robert W. Burns. He was a Brig. Gen. at the end of WWII. Major assignments below.

 

1943: Asst. Chief Of Staff Ops. 8th Fighter Command (UK)
1944: Director of Operations, 8th Army Air Force (UK)
1945: CO, 4th Bomb Wing (UK)
1945: CG, 14th Bomb Wing (UK)
1948: Chief of Staff, 8th Air Force
1958-61: CG, 5th Air Force Japan
1961-63: Chairman of the Inter-American Defense Board
1963-64: CG, Air Training Command

[CNY Militaria]

Next:

 

Uniform of Maj. Gen. Brooke E. Allen. He was one of two B-17 pilots to successfully take off from Hickam Field on Pearl Harbor during the attack. He was awarded a Distinguished Service Cross as a B-17 commander at Midway and a Silver Star as the same at Truk in 1943. Note that all of the insignia is directly embroidered to the uniform, to include the ribbons. Came with a very heavy (5+ lbs!) foreign gift plaque from the 1950's.

 

[CNY Militaria]

..

[patches]

Beautiful, I like the way they made the Navy PUC with the strip of bullion.

 

[WAHOOMAN]

I am not the owner of this uniform, but I believe this uniform is noteworthy of posting in this thread. This uniform belonged to Major General Franklin A. Nichols. He was an Ace in WWII, PTO. This uniform is on display at the War Eagles Air Museum in Santa Teresa, NM. The ribbons are very impressive. I really like the bullion airborne wings.

 

 

[CNY Militaria]

Great uniform; thanks for posting! Lets see some more out there.

[tsakers85]

Major General Herbert A. Lyon

1921-2006

Service Dress Uniform & Flight Cap

 

General Lyon entered military service in 1942 and completed aviation cadet training in February of 1943. He was then assigned to the Southwest Pacific Theater of Operations with the Troop Carrier Command in 1944. Lyon flew C-46 aircraft in campaigns from New Guinea to the Philippines and Okinawa. He participated in the Japanese occupation as commander of the 5^th Combat Cargo Squadron. In 1949 Lyon was posted to Elgin Air Force Base. After attending the Army Command and General Staff School, he was assigned to U.S. Air Force Headquarters in 1960 in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff. Lyon would then serve as commander of the Air Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in 1967. His next posting was as vice commander of the Space and Missile Systems Organization at Norton Air Force Base in 1971. Upon retirement in 1975, Lyon was the commander of the Space and Missile Test Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base.

 

 

[CNY Militaria]

Thanks for posting! Here is an unnamed one I obtained today.

[kai robert]

Colonel Thomas H Gunn. Enlisted 1942, pilot in 8th AF, 91st BG during WW2, was pilot for Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby at one occasion, pathfinder pilot during D-Day, promoted to captain in June -44. Served in korea and vietnam as well. The signed photo of him in this uniform is from the late 60ths when he retired.

[MattS]

Nothing spectacular, pair of pinned-on master aircrew bullion wings on an Ike is all I can contribute.

 

 

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/107895-1951-usaf-ike-and-pants-wbullion-wings/?hl=%2Busaf+%2Bike+%2Bwings