September 2, 201312 yr #201 Thanks Mate! Two special for you my friend: Ricardo , did you buy the officers 4pkt like that ???
September 2, 201312 yr #202 B-14 Flight Jacket IDed to Sgt. Robert C. Bown of the 8th AAF's 365th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group
September 2, 201312 yr #203 Major Carter “Mac” McGregor, Jr. - 40th “Kagu-Tsuchi” Bomb Group - 20th USAAF Major McGregor continued in the AAF until the beginning of years 50 and later it helped the Confederate AF per many years...your uniform after WW2:
September 2, 201312 yr Author #205 Ricardo - How on earth did you acquire such fine examples?!?!?!! Did you catch them as they got off the plane in 1945!?!?! Awesome examples thank you so much!
September 2, 201312 yr Author #206 I will show the first unifrom/group I ever received. It is a trainer uniform who graduated as a Radio Mechanic. The following is what I have found on him. He went back to school and got his doctorate. Taught college in Wisconsin and even authored a book. BS Manchester College. Life long teaching career began Iowa Collge. WW II--Intelligence Specialist, Pacific Theatre & Post Warden, Air Raid Protection Service, New York City. After WW II, teaching & graduated UW-Madison 1935 MA & 1947 PhD. 1946 - 1984 taught at UW-Madison. UW Professor Emeritus of Dept of Communications Arts at retirement in 1984Founding member American Forensic Association & a member of Abraham Lincoln Association. He wrote the text book Persuasion: A Means of Social Influence & many articles. The uniform with trainer pins ( I just leave the pins on there - don't know where they are actually supposed to go) with Far East AF patch
September 3, 201312 yr #209 close up of pins Very nice!!! The badges are new for me!! I never look like that!!!! Thanks!!
September 3, 201312 yr #210 Great US/ British tunic and AAF/RAF tunic Ricardo. JD Thank you, JD!!! BR, Ricardo.
September 3, 201312 yr #214 B15 Jacket with 463rd BG - 772nd Bomb Squadron patch ... and mistery 8th AAF 'english made' patch
September 3, 201312 yr Author #216 Enlisted Man, ATC, CBI. Sabre - If you ever want to get rid of this ATC-CBI let me know!! Been looking for an ATC for a while. I love it - thanks for sharing bud!!
September 3, 201312 yr Author #217 Ricardo! Yet another example that blows my mind. Those Aviation engineers is one I love to see. Very rare indeed - thanks!!
September 7, 201312 yr Author #225 Thank you Ghost - those embroidered wings are wonderful! I also love the way the ribbons are sewn onto the jacket..dunno why I like that so good but I do!
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