Leather Patches made by Miroslav Sekulich

[decwriter]

This 10th Air Jungle Rescue patch is different from the authentic AJR

patches I've seen on the forum but it was intentional.

 

The patch was made in the likeness of the only nose art picture of a 10th Air Jungle Rescue B-25 that I could find.

Due to the fact that the picture was in black & white, I bounced some colors off of Miroslav that I thought the B-25 nose art might have and this is one variation he made. The color contrast is great in my opinion.

 

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Here’s a 7th Bombardment Group patch he made a while back. 
 

 

 

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321st Bombardment Squadron (H), 90th Bombardment Group (H)

 

 

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68th Bombardment Squadron (H), 44th Bombardment Group (H)

 

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490th Bombardment Squadron (M), 341st Bombardment Group (M)

 

 

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India-China Wing, Air Transport Command

 

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303rd Bombardment Group (H), “Hell’s Angels”

 

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98th Bombardment Group (H)

 

[Manky bandage]

I do enjoy seeing these, inspiring me to get my tooling equipment and paints out and just have a go at it myself. 

[decwriter]

38 minutes ago, Manky bandage said:

I do enjoy seeing these, inspiring me to get my tooling equipment and paints out and just have a go at it myself. 

I’m glad you enjoy seeing these patches. Hopefully, you’ll dust off your tools and paints, and create some good examples you can post on the forum.

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India-China Division, Air Transport Command

 

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301st Bombardment Group (H)

 

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1352nd AAFBU

 

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I saw this drawing in January '25 after a new member asked about the origins of the unit and thought it would be a great patch for Miroslav to make. The member who posted it, @Madhukar, showed the drawing and @Cobra 6 Actual responded and shed some light on the unit history.

 

Here's the link:  

Here's the end result. I selected the color choices and Miroslav opted for a green TO versus a gray one. Anyway, I think it's one of the more interesting patches he's made for me.

 

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Here’s one we collaborated on as there’s a fuzzy example emblem without good crisp lines. I haven’t seen an actual patch to work from. 
 

60th Ferrying Squadron

 

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435th Bombardment Squadron (H) sometimes referred to as the “Kangaroo Squadron”

 

 

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24th Combat Mapping Squadron

 

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2nd Emergency Rescue Squadron “Snafu Snatchers”

 

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69th Bombardment Squadron (M)

 

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404th Bombardment Squadron, 28th Bombardment Group (Composite), 11th Air Force

 

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403d Bombardment Squadron (H), 43d Bombardment Group (H), 5th AAF

 

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The nose artwork on this B-25 is what I was looking for in a patch.

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This one closely resembles an authentic AJR patch.

 

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I haven’t seen an authentic First Emergency Air-Sea Rescue Squadron patch but here’s the b/w emblem from the web. Another forum member stated the Morse code translated to

F E A S R S which would make sense. 
 

I proposed to Miroslav to use the emblem as the basis for the patch, but without the Morse code as I didn’t have a color example to work from.  

Here’s the finished product in color.

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819th Bombardment Squadron (H)  on 22 Sep 1943