Wing grouping

[blademan]

Hi

 

Recently acquired this grouping of wings belonging to a pilot named Newman. I am hoping to research him.  I should have asked the seller more questions. 

 

I posted a seperate thread on the glider wings. 

 

Would be interested in any info you may have. 

 

It seems the pilot may have been a glider pilot, pilot, and a bomber pilot after the war with SAC. 

 

Thanks for your insight. 

[pfrost]

The glider wings are not vintage. They were made as souvenir wings. Often sold in army/navy stores or air shows or museums. 

[jeff41st]

The wings on the left hand side above the glider wings are post-WW2 navigator wings. The command pilot wings are probably post-WW2. The senior pilot wings are probably post-WW2 as well. I have a set of pilot wings in that same pattern that are clutch back. The Meyer pilot wings are WW2 vintage. Should be an interesting research project.

[blademan]

Thank you for your help!  

 

The seller mentioned this pilot flew a 1950s bomber with the cockpit on the top of the fuselage instead of at the front. I'm assuming a B 36 or more likely a B 47?

 

Will be interesting to see how these wings tie together with the pilots story. 

 

The Meyers pilots wing have more wear than I have ever seen on a pair of wings. The back and bottom of front of the wing has a lot of the feathers edge worn away.  He must have had a lot of flight hours. 

 

I wish I had thought to get his first name :-(

 

I bought the group because the seller was planning on splitting the group up and thought there may be an interesting story here. 

 

In my mind I imagine this pilot starting as a eager cadet, flying gliders, moving to bombers by the end of the war with a good number of missions, and making a career with SAC during the Cold War and retiring after the Vietnam war (all conjecture). He passed in Calif at the age of 97.

 

Thanks again