LE LOUP DES MERS Posted August 9, 2021 Share #1 Posted August 9, 2021 Hey guys, so I got this old 60s era usn bomber jacket. When I did some research I read that the coast guard did not have their own leather jackets so the navy supplied the coast guard with their jackets. I also read that coast guard members who went to Vietnam where assigned to either a boat unit, or helicopter/fighter pilot unit. In my case the guy was assigned to an ARRS unit and I read a lot of articles/talked to a lot of Vietnam historians who said coast guard pilots would often be assigned to huey ARRS units. Anyway, so to get to my question: so I did a ton of reaching and found that the guy who wore the jacket was stationed at Miami air station before being sent to Vietnam. I was wondering what that patch would have looked like in the 60s my jacket is missing the patch. I know Miami air station was around sense the 30s to 40s so their is no way the patch remind the same I will post a picture of what the patch looks like now or logo and if someone could tell me what it looked like in the 60s I would appreciate that. (I will post a picture of the bomber jacket when I get off work). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratasfan Posted August 9, 2021 Share #2 Posted August 9, 2021 While I don't know about the patch, here is a picture of My Grampa's leather USN jacket. He was a lifer in the USCG, from 1947-68, so this is from then. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LE LOUP DES MERS Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share #3 Posted August 9, 2021 Nice, yeah my jacket was never owned by family just one I bought at a surplus store it's dated 66 or 67 I believe, it has the ARRS patch in the front along with a name patch and an American flag patch however it's missing the money Miami patch. When I get off work I will definitely post it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LE LOUP DES MERS Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share #4 Posted August 9, 2021 Don't bother with the word money in my post lol you got to love auto correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted August 9, 2021 Share #5 Posted August 9, 2021 US COAST GUARD MIAMI BEACH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LE LOUP DES MERS Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share #6 Posted August 9, 2021 So that's what I will be wanting to find to make it historically correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted August 9, 2021 Share #7 Posted August 9, 2021 Yes, the top patch is 1960's and the red stripe patch is circa 1967 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LE LOUP DES MERS Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share #8 Posted August 9, 2021 By chance do you know where I can find an original patch and I'm guessing either one will work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted August 9, 2021 Share #9 Posted August 9, 2021 I'd look for both and see which one comes up first. eBay, placing a wanted advertisement here on the forum wanted page, militaria shows and online sales are your best options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LE LOUP DES MERS Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share #10 Posted August 9, 2021 Hey thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCrustyBosun Posted August 9, 2021 Share #11 Posted August 9, 2021 USCG Base Miami Beach is a different facility than Air Station Miami Beach. Not sure if it has always been that way… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LE LOUP DES MERS Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share #12 Posted August 9, 2021 Yeah, the logo I posted above is where he would have been stationed at before being sent to Vietnam it even says on my jacket were he was stationed at. If your correct that means the eagle patch would be the wrong one then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCrustyBosun Posted August 9, 2021 Share #13 Posted August 9, 2021 The Base is home to multiple units. There’s a small boat station, an aids to navigation team, a buoy tender, several patrol boats, and I’m sure there’s a couple of engineering team shops that perform maintenance for other group units. I’m pretty confident that the flyboys had their own patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LE LOUP DES MERS Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share #14 Posted August 10, 2021 Well just got off work here is the bomber jacket I promised I post. It's dated 66 or 67 I can't remember on the top of my head. On the inside of the jacket is carved uscg 20140-75 (hard to see on camera). In gold you can barley read what appears to be C something A something S the rest is faded, no. 75 Miami air station if I had to guess it properly either says coast or guard no 75 Miami air station. Above the faded C,A,S letters their appears to be more gold lettering but to faded to read. Let me know if your able to find any more info on this guy I don't know much only what I listed above.p4013coll8_2211.pdf ps ignore this pdf file I tried to delete it but can't for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCrustyBosun Posted August 10, 2021 Share #15 Posted August 10, 2021 USAF 33rd ARRS So others may live Looks like he was a flight mech/hoist operator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LE LOUP DES MERS Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share #16 Posted August 10, 2021 Yeah I wish I new more about this man all I know is he got sent to Vietnam during the 60s. Got assigned to the ARRS unit you see on the jacket, as a copilot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LE LOUP DES MERS Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share #17 Posted August 10, 2021 Anyone reading my post, feel free to post your bomber jacket if you want to show it off I would love to see the jackets you guys got in your collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted August 10, 2021 Share #18 Posted August 10, 2021 Bombers you say..... WWII US NAVY FLIGHT JACKETS M-422, M-422A , M-421A , M-445A , AN-J-3A , AN-6552 There are other lengthy topics on USAAF/USAF, etc. flight jackets on the forum, search and ye shall find..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LE LOUP DES MERS Posted August 11, 2021 Author Share #19 Posted August 11, 2021 On 8/9/2021 at 12:46 PM, Salvage Sailor said: I'd look for both and see which one comes up first. eBay, placing a wanted advertisement here on the forum wanted page, militaria shows and online sales are your best options. So I did actually find the eagle coast guard patch for $15 free shipping. How do I tell if it's a fake from reproduction? I tried contacting the sell but got nothing. Sadly in today's world we fake everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LE LOUP DES MERS Posted August 11, 2021 Author Share #20 Posted August 11, 2021 Here is what the patch looks like on ebay real or fake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted August 11, 2021 Share #21 Posted August 11, 2021 It's real but it's a ball cap size patch, not the full size jacket patch To get an idea of scale, look at this topic REALLY small PATCHES - Ball Cap size Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LE LOUP DES MERS Posted August 11, 2021 Author Share #22 Posted August 11, 2021 O wow yeah your right definitely need to find a bigger sized one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeclown Posted August 21, 2021 Share #23 Posted August 21, 2021 A bit comical but the maker of the jacket "Star Sportswear" is or was located in Lynn, Ma. my wife worked there in the early 70s right after we got married. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LE LOUP DES MERS Posted August 25, 2021 Author Share #24 Posted August 25, 2021 O wow that's cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LE LOUP DES MERS Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share #25 Posted October 9, 2021 So I'm still looking for the two coast guard patches if you have one for sale please let me know here is the link to the wanted form I did regarding the two patches. https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/363563-us-coast-guard-patch/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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