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Do you have a Patch you can't identify?
Do you want to ID a logo or insignia?

I don't know of any comprehensive books or reference manuals available through normal sources.  I couldn't find much beyond the 1942 National Geographic list when I started my research so many years ago. And that is why I put my WWII Squadron Patch website together.  There was no master list of WW2 Squadron Insignia anywhere.  There were no online archives.

So if you have a patch or insignia that you cannot identify and don't see it listed here, then it may be a very long search to find some stationary, cruise book, or photograph that ID's the logo.



As the top WWII Squadron Patch website for over a decade, I do get huge number of visitors, many of whom have their own private library and collections of rare resources who are willing to help research such things. But...

The days of free quality web space are long over. I no longer have any free webspace, so any additional photos incur a bandwidth charge.   So while I am as curious as the next researcher / collector, I cannot be the only one footing the bill for other people's quests for answers.

So for a $10 payment through PayPal I will upload & post a photo of your unknown patch on my website for an indefinite time until it is ID'd. If you have more than one patch you want identified then any additional unknown patch photos sent at the same time are $5 each .

To utilize this valuable service and gain the benefit of all the traffic my WWII Squadron Patch Archives generates...

I will do the photo-shop preparation to optimize the photo, upload the photo and add your photo and the probable information on it to my UNKNOWN Squadron Patch web page.  When any ID is made I will post it to the location on the webpage of your patch.
UNKNOWN WW2 SQUADRON PATCHES

Brian



Thanks to Nick Devereux for help in identifying several patches, and adding more unkowns to the page.
Great work!
Brian

Thanks also to; Dustin, Bill, & Grizzly!
And to Terry L Horstead for help in identifying several patches on the 'unkowns' page.
Brian


Subj: ID the patch
Date: 3/2/2003 8:50:45 PM Pacific Standard Time
From: wmckee@utech.net

The patch identified as #x (patch now moved to correct page & unknown number reassigned) on your listing is the patch for the 440th Air Base Group and the training squadrons at Santa Maria Army Air Field. I have the history of the patch, including a copy of the official drawing from the Air Force Office of Heraldry, pix of the patch on noses of P-38s at SMAAF, etc., and even the name of the designer. The following is a quote from part of our history:

"In the fall of 1944 a contest was held at the Santa Maria Army Air Field (SMAAF) to select a "patch" to represent the base mission, and to enhance the morale of the personnel assigned. This emblem would be applied to aircraft assigned to the 440th Air Base Unit, the parent unit at SMAAF, and provide an "identity" for those serving at the base. Several designs were submitted. A man assigned to Squadron "E" SSgt. Fred D. Meek, submitted the winning design. It was submitted to headquarters for approval in October 1944. Sergeant Meek received a war bond for this design, and was featured in "Fighter Pilot," the base newspaper."

I can send via email a JPEG file of the original artwork, if it would do you any good. We would love to locate one of the patches like this one, if you know of a source.
Bill Mckee
Historian, Santa Maria Museum of Flight.


Thanks To Richard Whitaker for the ID of #xx         sorry, no free jackets today  :(
Brian,
Sqdrn patch #x (patch now moved to correct page & unknown number reassigned) @ your unknown list is 4th Combat Cargo Squadron formed 4/15/44 and re designated 329th Troop Carrier Sqdn on 9/29/45 after service in the CBI theaters and as "Hump Pilots" @ WW2.
Is there a prize for I.D.?
Nothing big....maybe just a mint condition A2 with original first issue Blood Chits and hand painted squadron insignia?
Best regards,
Richard Whitaker
Brian,
The patch in square #XX (patch now moved to correct page & unknown number reassigned) on your unidentified page is from the 504th PIR of the 82nd AB. If you could return a favor, It would be great if you could send me a hi-res image of the VT-11 patch. My grandmother's brother was a member of Torpedo Squadron Eleven on board the USS Hornet from 1943-1945. He was shot down over Formosa (Taiwan) and never found. I have never seen an original patch before from VT-11. If you ever want to sell it please let me know. Thank you,
Tim Hampton
Re: Unknown # XX (patch now moved to correct page & unknown number reassigned)

Hi Brian,
Thanks! That is it. The patch on my grandfather's flight jacket is so beat up all of the color was missing and part of the image. I also have a Thanksgiving squadron dinner menu with the image in it as well. Here is what I can remember off the top of my head....
"Primus cum Maximus" translates to "The First and the Best"
The patch belongs to the 327th Ferry Squadron, Mediterranean Air Transport Service of which my grandfather (H.W. Ebbett) was a Captain.

I have a TON of his gear, logs, pictures and I am trying to track down more info on his sqaudron (which led me to your site). I believe their main base of ops was in Sicily, but he flew all over North Africa, and carried supplies and troops to Patton during the push into Germany.  I even have a Spokane, Washington newspaper article where he flew a reporter below sea level (down into the dead sea). :)
I plan on eventually creating a site surrounding what info I have, just need to dig in and begin!
Thanks for the hi-res image, and if the owner does indeed want to part with the patch, I would be more than interested in acquiring it!
Thanks, Mark Ebbett


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A big thank you to Ed Smith of Cottage Grove, OR. Thank you for your generous donation towards the website!  All the best to you, Brian

 
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