USAF Lighters Zippo, Vulcan, Ronson, Konwal, etc.

[yokota57]

USAF / 3906th Operations Squadron. Sidi Slimane Air Base, Morocco. Japanese-made "Vulcan".

[yokota57]

USAF / HQ 3906th Combat Support Group. Sidi Slimane Air Base, Morocco. Japanese-made "Vulcan".

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USAF / Air Force Advisory Group. Binh Thuy Air Base, RVN. Japanese-made "Konwal-Tall".

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USAF / 421st Air Police Squadron (FEAF). Tachikawa Air Base, Japan 1956. Japanese-made "Wellington". It must have taken 20 to 30 years to rub all that chrome off the reverse. Nervous habit!

[yokota57]

USAF / 799th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron (SM-145). Joelton Air Force Station, TN 1956-1961. Japanese-made "Vulcan".

[yokota57]

USAF / 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron. Misawa Air Base, Japan 1958. F-100 "Super Sabre". Japanese-made "Konwal Super" w/#251 Zippo insert.

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USAF / "Rice Paddy Rancho" Service Club. Showa Air Base (Air Station) Japan 1956. This one was Clara's. Japanese-made "Wellington".

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USAF / 623d Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron Detachment 2. "NCO Club Kume-Shima-Air Station Habu-Hill" (62 miles west of Naha, Okinawa). Japanese-made "Wellington".

[yokota57]

USAF / 315th Troop Carrier Wing (Medium) HQ. Brady Air Base, Japan. 1952-1955. Curtiss C-46 "Commando". Japanese-made "No-Name".

[AlexeiK]

62nd Troop Carrier Squadron "Blue Barons" (62nd Airlift Squadron), 314th Troop Carrier Wings (Sewart AFB, Tennessee). Japanese-made Vulcan. Acc. to Wiki, the 62nd Squadron was deployed to Japan for combat operations in 1950 for the Korean War and then returned to the United States in 1954. In the light of Japanese provenance, should it be dated back to the  Korean War? The 62nd Squadron’s insignia has changed several times and it should be a clue, but I failed to find the detailed history of the logo.

[yokota57]

26 minutes ago, AlexeiK said:

62nd Troop Carrier Squadron "Blue Barons" (62nd Airlift Squadron), 314th Troop Carrier Wings (Sewart AFB, Tennessee). Japanese-made Vulcan. Acc. to Wiki, the 62nd Squadron was deployed to Japan for combat operations in 1950 for the Korean War and then returned to the United States in 1954. In the light of Japanese provenance, should it be dated back to the  Korean War? The 62nd Squadron’s insignia has changed several times and it should be a clue, but I failed to find the detailed history of the logo.

 Thanks for posting it. Ichi-ban!

[AlexeiK]

15 hours ago, yokota57 said:

 Thanks for posting it. Ichi-ban!

Do you have any ideas about dating? Initially I suspected that Japanese provenance indicates that the lighter was bought in Japan. But you've explained me in another thread that Japanese-made Zippo-like lighters were widely imported in US.

[yokota57]

4 minutes ago, AlexeiK said:

Do you have any ideas about dating? Initially I suspected that Japanese provenance indicates that the lighter was bought in Japan. But you've explained me in another thread that Japanese-made Zippo-like lighters were widely imported in US.

Your 62d TCS would be late 1950s. I'm in the process of compiling a data base on Japanese-made base stamps and how they can be applied to dating. Unit research is the key. Don't hold your breath on the data base as real life tends to intrude on my time!

[AlexeiK]

USAF / 13th Bomb Squadron "The Devil's Own Grim Reapers". Japanese-made Prince. Note the poorly done gift engraving "Perc from Bob" (a later add-on?).

Any ideas on dating?

[yokota57]

2 hours ago, AlexeiK said:

USAF / 13th Bomb Squadron "The Devil's Own Grim Reapers". Japanese-made Prince. Note the poorly done gift engraving "Perc from Bob" (a later add-on?).

Any ideas on dating?

Ichi-ban! 13th BS (Light, Night Intruder) Korean War (or shortly thereafter) as evidenced by the B-26. Personalized too! Thanks for posting it.

[yokota57]

USAF / 5700th Air Police Squadron. Howard AFB, Canal Zone. Japanese-made "Super Ace".

[yokota57]

USAF / Air Task Force 13 (Provisional). Air component of the US Taiwan Defense Command. Taipei Air Station, ROC 1955-1966. Japanese-made "Konwal Super".

[yokota57]

USAF / 98th Field Maintenance Squadron. Lincoln AFB, NE. 1954-1966. Japanese-made "Vulcan".

[yokota57]

USAF (SAC) / 345th Bomb Squadron (Medium). Boeing B-47E. Lincoln AFB, NE 1954-1966. Japanese-made "ACE".

[yokota57]

USAF / 7th Motor Transport Squadron Detachment 4. **7th MTS was at K-11 Ulsan ROK. If you know the location of Det 4, please message me**. Japanese-made "Longines".

[yokota57]

On 6/20/2023 at 3:41 PM, yokota57 said:

USAF / 7th Motor Transport Squadron Detachment 4. **7th MTS was at K-11 Ulsan ROK. If you know the location of Det 4, please message me**. Japanese-made "Longines".

 Det 4 7th MTS must have been co-located with the 543d Ammunition Supply Squadron (Depot) at Pusan-East (K-9) AB, ROK hence the combined insignia. Any opinions or alternate information?

[yokota57]

USAF / 687th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron. West Mesa Air Force Station, NM. 1956-1968. Japanese-made "Vulcan".

[yokota57]

USAF / 962d Airborne Early Warning & Control Squadron (551st AEW&C Wing / Air Defense Command). Lockheed EC-121/RC-121. Otis AFB, MA 1955-1969. Japanese-made "Pacific".

[yokota57]

USAF / 6361st ABS/6415th Air Base Squadron (Iwo Jima Air Base) "Black Pearl NCO Club". Japanese-made "Super Ace".

[yokota57]

USAF / 433d Tactical Fighter Squadron "Satan's Angels". Ubon RTAFB, Thailand (8th TFW "Wolf Pack") 1965-1974. F-4C/D "Phantom II". Period correct Japanese-made "Vulcan".