mortaydc60 Posted April 11, 2021 Share #1 Posted April 11, 2021 Was not familiar with this patch when I saw it listed on Ebay. After some research found good information of all places in the forum,which was the easiest and best source to give one a quick study on the unit. The original post was in the Air Force section in 2015 and refer members back to those posts. Think more eyes would see it here in this section and inform more members. The short story to quote Scotty is simply this" this is incredibly rare" and if Scotty says it is rare that is saying something. Another case where knowledge is king. Auction ended with only 6 bids and ended in low $200's. It is a large back jacket patch and the first one posted in 2015 was also a back jacket patch but in bullion. You can teach an old dog. Mort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocsfollowme Posted April 11, 2021 Share #2 Posted April 11, 2021 Bay state militaria sold an incredible bullion version for about $700 last month on their website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Queen Posted April 11, 2021 Share #3 Posted April 11, 2021 I thought I saved photos of it but cannot seem to find them now......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortaydc60 Posted April 11, 2021 Author Share #4 Posted April 11, 2021 Here is the one that was from 2015 in bullion and assume similar to Bay State sale. Mort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjones Posted April 11, 2021 Share #5 Posted April 11, 2021 Is this a different Operation Firefly than my grandfather participated in upon returning from North Africa and Italy where he flew the triple Nickels as smoke jumpers in Oregon and Washington? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjones Posted April 11, 2021 Share #6 Posted April 11, 2021 Never mind. I found it. A flare dropping mission to deprive the enemy the cover of darkness. Makes sense now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocsfollowme Posted April 11, 2021 Share #7 Posted April 11, 2021 Here is the one that sold on bay state militarias website last month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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