Siamundo Posted February 29, 2020 Share #1 Posted February 29, 2020 Trying to find an ID and vintage for this weather related patch. Is it WW II or 1950's vintage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Signor Posted March 1, 2020 Share #2 Posted March 1, 2020 That one is the AAF 53rd Weather Recon Squadron ...... Image belwo of leather patch I amde for a veteran's realtive...... Johnny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siamundo Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted March 1, 2020 Thank you Johnny, I appreciate the ID! Yours is a great looking patch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tredhed2 Posted March 1, 2020 Share #4 Posted March 1, 2020 These guys were the among the earliest "Hurricane Hunters" (unit still active today, diff patch). Looks like your patch is a late WW 2 era or immediate post war era patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siamundo Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share #5 Posted March 1, 2020 Thank you Tredhed2, I had a feeling it might be late war late to early 1950s vintage. Below is information taken from the Wikipedia page regarding when the design was approved. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/53rd_Weather_Reconnaissance_Squadron 53rd Reconnaissance Squadron emblem (approved 15 November 1945)[2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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