CNY Militaria Posted July 21, 2019 Share #1 Posted July 21, 2019 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 Japan1961-63: Chairman of the Inter-American Defense Board 1963-64: CG, Air Training Command Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY Militaria Posted July 21, 2019 Author Share #2 Posted July 21, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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patches Posted July 21, 2019 Share #4 Posted July 21, 2019 Beautiful, I like the way they made the Navy PUC with the strip of bullion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAHOOMAN Posted July 21, 2019 Share #5 Posted July 21, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY Militaria Posted July 21, 2019 Author Share #6 Posted July 21, 2019 Great uniform; thanks for posting! Lets see some more out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsakers85 Posted July 30, 2019 Share #7 Posted July 30, 2019 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 5th 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY Militaria Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share #8 Posted August 16, 2019 Thanks for posting! Here is an unnamed one I obtained today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kai robert Posted August 20, 2019 Share #9 Posted August 20, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattS Posted August 22, 2019 Share #10 Posted August 22, 2019 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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