Unknown USN/USMC Jacket Patch ID: VT-88 The Tormentors

[MedrickMilitaria]

 

I found these patches on a photo of a squadron group portrait. The full photo is here: https://imgur.com/a/7dZ0XU7

 

The plane is a Grumman Avenger

[yokota57]

Heavily enhanced.

[yokota57]

Great photo!

[yokota57]

[Jeffro]

The patch is for USN WW2 VT-88 “The Tormentors”. 

[MedrickMilitaria]

2 minutes ago, Jeffro said:

The patch is for USN WW2 VT-88 “The Tormentors”. 

The knowledge on this board never fails to impress me.  Thank you!

[yokota57]

Thanks to "Jeffro" for the ID! Insignia approved: 24 Jan 1945.

[Swan]

Hello,

FYI, attached is photo of my dad, Howard W. Swanlund, a TBM pilot of VT-88.

In the (unknown) squadron photo posted a while back, he is the 3rd guy from the left in the front row in a flight jacket and sailor's hat.

Swan