8240th A.U. Posted January 2, 2011 Share #1 Posted January 2, 2011 Some more Abn ovals: 549th , 109th and 408th QM companies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airborne97 Posted January 17, 2011 Share #2 Posted January 17, 2011 Good looking group. Love the sewn wings versions as always Earle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish Posted January 17, 2011 Share #3 Posted January 17, 2011 Here is a QM oval I acquired out of an album a number of years ago. You can see the description that was with it. Has anyone seen this oval before and does the story make sense. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8240th A.U. Posted January 17, 2011 Author Share #4 Posted January 17, 2011 Hi, Personaly, I've never heard of a specific oval for the 8081st QM Co, but this black / grey oval could be legit (anyway, that's a very rare color combination). Evidence anyone???? Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehrentitle Posted January 17, 2011 Share #5 Posted January 17, 2011 Here is a QM oval I acquired out of an album a number of years ago. You can see the description that was with it. Has anyone seen this oval before and does the story make sense. thanks I've seen a lot of aerial delivery and rigger insignia over the years, but have never seen an oval attributed to the 8081st. For background on the 8081st here are a couple of 1953 articles I posted on the Quartermaster Museum website several years ago: http://www.qmfound.com/air_korea.htm http://www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil/korea/fly...rtermasters.htm http://www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil/korea/the...te_the_book.htm Captain Cecil W. Hospelhorn, the commander of this unit appears in uniform in two period videos. In this YouTube video, Enough And On Time - The Big Picture, he appears around 11:38 minutes wearing the Class A uniform, but his parachute badge doesn't appear to have an oval behind it: In this Vimeo video I posted a few months ago for the Quartermaster Museum he is in fatigue uniform with no evidence of badges or ovals: http://vimeo.com/14407956 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
468abnarm Posted March 3, 2011 Share #6 Posted March 3, 2011 Here is a QM oval I acquired out of an album a number of years ago. You can see the description that was with it. Has anyone seen this oval before and does the story make sense. thanks This oval has been listed as an "unknown" for years. The Jan-Mar, 1969 ASMIC newsletter, and the unknown section, #32 of Clyde Osborn's monograph on Ovals. This posting may finally begin to shed some light on it. I have one unconfirmed ID of it being the 303rd ASA, but I don't give that much hope. Thanks again for the posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_pickrall Posted March 3, 2011 Share #7 Posted March 3, 2011 That is the first reference to Clyde Osborn's Oval Catalog I have seen in probably 20 or more years. You may be a new recruit here but you sure aren't a rookie. Welcome aboard. I have Osborn's catalog in a binder with a similar work by David Levesque. Do you have that as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
468abnarm Posted March 3, 2011 Share #8 Posted March 3, 2011 That is the first reference to Clyde Osborn's Oval Catalog I have seen in probably 20 or more years. You may be a new recruit here but you sure aren't a rookie. Welcome aboard. I have Osborn's catalog in a binder with a similar work by David Levesque. Do you have that as well? Thanks for the welcome. No, I do not have Daves work. Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish Posted March 3, 2011 Share #9 Posted March 3, 2011 Thanks for the input. The 8081 oval which I posted came from an older collection of ovals I purchased . While this collector was a contributor to Bragg and Turners Para wing books I do not know where his ID on this piece came from. I had once seen a reference to this piece in an ASMIC article by Les Hughes. He had interviewed a veteran of this unit and his recollection was their oval was all black. The mystery continues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torch03 Posted March 7, 2013 Share #10 Posted March 7, 2013 Les Hughes wrote a article (July-September 1986 ASMIC Trading Post) on the Unit and there insignia. The jump wing oval worn by the unit was solid black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted March 7, 2013 Share #11 Posted March 7, 2013 According to Hudspeath book on Beret insignia, I know it's not an oval but they usually matched, a flash with Gray center and black boarder is for the 3rd BDE, 1st Cav Div. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1SG_1st_Cav Posted March 7, 2013 Share #12 Posted March 7, 2013 The only Airborne Brigade of the 1st Cavalry Division was the 1st Brigade. How can you make a correlation between a flash and an oval? The 3rd Brigade was never Airborne. Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 7, 2013 Share #13 Posted March 7, 2013 The 3rd Bde 1st Cav Div FLASH, this bit of insignia would only be in a form of a flash and worn on the Black beret. Like the majority of unit flashes of this type ie for units not on Jump or Air Assault status, it would not have a matching oval. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1SG_1st_Cav Posted March 7, 2013 Share #14 Posted March 7, 2013 Patches: Agreed. So the mystery continues. Hmmm Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted March 7, 2013 Share #15 Posted March 7, 2013 I always thought the flash would match the oval.I have an oval list somewhere but can't put my fingers on itDriving me crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooch59 Posted October 20, 2018 Share #16 Posted October 20, 2018 Does anyone have any information why the 549h Quartermaster Company wears an Airborne Oval? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8240th A.U. Posted October 22, 2018 Author Share #17 Posted October 22, 2018 The 549th was an Air Delivery unit from circa 1956 until inactivation in 1974. They were based in Japan (assigned the Far East Command). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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