8 May 1945, VE-Day    

That is an IMPRESSIVE patch! I am really amazed at the intricate details! I sometimes try embroidering patches myself (nothing fancy just the 11 ACR, 1st Cav patch and a fictional patch from the book "Project Hail Mary"), but it just turns out... Well, let's say "ok". Do you have any tips and tricks on how to better embroider by hand? How do you make the back so clean (no extra-threads, etc.)? But FANTASTIC work! You are really talented! All of your patches posted here turned out great!!   Kind regards, Jules  

Good morning. I've attached higher quality photos.

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Nice piece for sure! and yes Japanese. Needs to be moved to the World Militaria Forum. 

Hello I have searched on line for instructions for this tool and I am not having any luck Does anyone have the instructions or can give me an explanation on how to use  I have early stadias from the 1870's/1880's but this is a little different Thanks Don

I haven't been able to verify the last one so it might be a fake.

You can see all the places in documents etc., where the name "Herbert L. Webster" is mentioned by entering the following in a Google search. site:https://457thbombgroupassoc.org "Herbert L. Webster" <ENTER>   Tip in the future for anyone:    A site: query is a search operator that allows you to request search results from the particular domain, URL, or URL prefix specified in the operator. For example in the above query I'm trying to find anywhere on that website where the name Herbert L. Webster is mentioned.  Making sure to use the quote marks around the name in this case. It's a time efficient way of searching a whole website for a particular word/s, name/s, etc. without trying to look all over the website for what you're looking for.

I tend to lean similarly to your view. I’ve always been under the impression that P1’s and P2’s were being manufactured at the same time or at least in a relatively close proximity. I have seen P1’s early war, I think there’s a picture out there of some on Gloucester and Tarawa. But I have always thought the same about the P2 that it was earlier and produced either before of at the same time as the P1. You do see the green trimming more often on P1’s which is also seen in P2’s. To bad there’s not much manufacture info out there on them and virtually no dates because of terrible depot stamping.

Video of the memorials to the service of the 457th Bombardment Group (Heavy) at Glatton airfield, Station 130. It includes the memorials at three sites.   https://americanarchive.iwm.org.uk/archive/media/httpsyoutubevgu2i0ufiy4