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1937 twin prop flight wing bracelet


graham
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picked up this bracelet the other day. it has what appears to be a flight engineer wing but with only a two blade prop. it has M.L.C and the date 1937. Now as the four blade prop flight engineer wing came out late in ww2 could this be a pre war unofficial wing. the reverse is marked STERLING with a small apple makers mark, which is J.F.Apple Co, 120e Chestnut st, Lancaster, PA. Your comments please.

 

Graham

 

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Very nice bracelet. thumbsup.gif

 

Being dated 1937 with only a two bladed prop it was probably made for someone who qualified to be a pilot in that year ... either civilian or military.

 

cp

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Howdy,

 

IMHO, these likely represent a person who graduated from one of the civilian pilot schools that were becoming very popular during that time period.

 

Patrick

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I'm reasonably certain this bracelet represents some sort of civlian aviation qualification.

 

The shape of the wings is wrong for USAAF/USAF wings, and the Flight Engineer wings were a fairly late-war design, so 1937 would be way to early to represent those wings.

 

Still a very nice aviation related item!

 

Steve

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I'm reasonably certain this bracelet represents some sort of civlian aviation qualification.

 

The shape of the wings is wrong for USAAF/USAF wings, and the Flight Engineer wings were a fairly late-war design, so 1937 would be way to early to represent those wings.

 

Still a very nice aviation related item!

 

Steve

 

Good point! I overlooked the '37 date. Maybe a dumb question, does anyone know exactly

when the Flight Engineer wing was issued for wear. Late '44 or '45?

J.D.

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