CAA/WTS/CPT/Flight Schools - Reference Thread

[B-17Guy]

Thanks very much for posting the added and updated information on the "HF" wing.

I have been the steward of this wing for a number years now and it is great to see the previous information

corrected by unearthing previously unseen material.

 

Best, John

[ocsfollowme]

This is the patch that is on the shoulder of the instructor in post #70

303rd AAFFTD Brayton Flying Service at Cuero Texas. Always neat to find little easter eggs in photos.

[Steve L]

Here is my S wing. This was for an Instructor pilot that flew for Shaw Aircraft Company out of Iowa City during WWII. I got this one from his Grandson.

Here's one of Shaw's aircraft with that fancy S on the fuselage.

 

[ocsfollowme]

Here is a Shaw Aircraft Company (CAA-CPTP 1939-1944)

[rustywings]

The Shaw Aircraft photograph and corresponding Shaw patch sure add credence to the earlier posted gilt Shaw wings! Thank you for sharing...

[ocsfollowme]

Wiggins - Marden - Aero Corporation Air Forces Primary. 71st AAFFTD.

[militbuff]

I picked these items up back in 2012 directly from the son of Major Twyman. I also sold some of his wings and other items on ebay at the time and it looks like B-17guy must have gotten the wings. Major Twyman was in the 479th Fighter Squadron and getting ready to go overseas when he was killed in a P-38 accident in CA. According to his son, his plane suffered a catastrophic failure and he bailed out but was killed when the plane hit his head.

 

 

His wings

 

 

 

Chickasha Field Patches

 

Here is his obituary. I have his West Point obituary somewhere. He was killed in 1944. Very tragic.

 

[rustywings]

That's a beautiful grouping, with a tragic past! Thanks for posting Militbuf...

[B-17Guy]

40312 P-38J 42-67639 434FS 479FG Lomita Field 4 KBOF 5 Twyman, Robert C USA CA 5 Mi NE Lonita Field

 

Appears he was bailing out due to fire, "KBOF".

Lomita Field is Torrance Airport today, Zamperini Field.

[GadgetWorks]

Here's a link to a video I recorded of the Hancock College of Aeronautics on photo bucket. It's of a graduation, possibly the only 16MM film to have survived all these years inside an Excel "prep" P-41 toy projector box, from the same era.

 

I estimate the date to be around March 1942. The Army Service Forces patch activated 9 March 1942, and the AF GHQ patch (Air Force General Head Quarters) de-activated 19 March 1942, of which, both are in the movie. Also, the Army started using Kodak Kodachrome film exclusively March 1942.

 

Allan Hancock is passing out the diplomas.

 

http://vid1381.photobucket.com/albums/ah227/gadgetworks1/Hancock%20College%20of%20Aeronautics%20March%201942_zpsn12kkbaw.mp4

[ocsfollowme]

Here is a rare one. The only one that I could find online.

Ashcraft Bros Flying Service (Lawrence, Kansas). They were apart of the CAA Civil Aeronautics Administration.

The wing is on original card and is marked sterling. Green Jewelry Co Manufacturers K.C., Mo.

Patch has merrowed edge. From what I have read this could date from 1939-1942.

[ocsfollowme]

 

Here is a rare one. The only one that I could find online.

Ashcraft Bros Flying Service (Lawrence, Kansas). They were apart of the CAA Civil Aeronautics Administration.

The wing is on original card and is marked sterling. Green Jewelry Co Manufacturers K.C., Mo.

Patch has merrowed edge. From what I have read this could date from 1939-1942.

[astra44]

This Victory Field wing is actually a tie-clip..... Bought it on eBay some years ago without knowing anything about it at the time.

 

[pfrost]

It is not a Victory field but Hunter Flying Service instructor wing. You can find them in both tie clasp and pin back versions.

[astra44]

Hi pfrost,

I don't know much about these. Why does this pin of mine have that same dot-dot-dot-dash morse code just like the other Victory field stuff? And where was the Hunter Flying Service located? Thanks...astra44

[pfrost]

I guess you could be right and it is a Victory Field instructor wing. From Wikipedia:

Victory Field, Vernon, Texas 317th Flying Training Detachment^[4] Operated by: Hunter Flying Service and Richey Flying Service.^[5] Opened: December 1941, Closed: August 1944 (PT-19)^[25] Controlled five auxiliary airfields But I think the wing itself is specifically for Hunter Flying Service.

[astra44]

pfrost: Thanks for the info...!

[ocsfollowme]

This one came in today. Instructor wing in blue in the center. First one of this that I have seen.

US Air Force Training Detachment Victory Field (Vernon, Texas)

17th Flying Training Detachment

Operated by: Hunter Flying Service and Richey Flying Service

Opened: December 1941, Closed: August 1944

[rustywings]

Another rare and highly collectible Flight Instructor's shoulder patch! Thanks for posting it Steve.

[wartimecollectables.com]

A neat CAA bracelet made by attaching the CAA "V" pin to a Danecraft CPT wing.

[pfrost]

Here is a new flight school patch. I think it was a flight school located at the Los Angeles municipal airport (eventually LAX).

 

Here is a link to a similar patch in the NASM:

 

https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/insignia-california-flyers

 

and a page from a popular aviation magazine showing the logo from 1939.

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=cz9AxBg8l_wC&pg=PA2&lpg=PA2&dq=who+were+the+california+flyers+aviation&source=bl&ots=yaFbkif-VB&sig=xmeXz3aH3GOkcdT6fmc7fJR7HSo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj51vjb2MLZAhVB6GMKHZWDCx04ChDoATAGegQIAxAB#v=onepage&q=who%20were%20the%20california%20flyers%20aviation&f=false

[ocsfollowme]

Here is a new flight school patch. I think it was a flight school located at the Los Angeles municipal airport (eventually LAX).

 

Here is a link to a similar patch in the NASM:

 

https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/insignia-california-flyers

 

and a page from a popular aviation magazine showing the logo from 1939.

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=cz9AxBg8l_wC&pg=PA2&lpg=PA2&dq=who+were+the+california+flyers+aviation&source=bl&ots=yaFbkif-VB&sig=xmeXz3aH3GOkcdT6fmc7fJR7HSo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj51vjb2MLZAhVB6GMKHZWDCx04ChDoATAGegQIAxAB#v=onepage&q=who%20were%20the%20california%20flyers%20aviation&f=false

 

Nice! I have not seen that one. Here are two of mine from the school.

 

 

I had previously posted in this thread in posting #238 this California Flyers Inspection patch.

[ocsfollowme]

Kanawha Flying School, West Virgina. I lived right across the WV State Capitol for a year so I am excited to have this patch in my collection!

http://www.airfields...ields_WV_SW.htm

It was a Sea Plane school on the Kanawha River. According to Mark Hess, the “Kanawha Seaplane Base... was called Charleston #2 Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol during WWII. Clark ran this operation. It was also a Civilian Pilot Training Program base.”

[ocsfollowme]

In reference to the Kanawha Flying School, the photo shows that it was right next to the Kanawha Seaplane Base. Several articles showed WWII pilots training there prior to joining the air corps. Still researching.

[0bx]

Thank you ocsfollowme for posting this Kanawha Flying School patch. I live in Charleston and was unaware of this piece of WV history. Very cool.