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Thanks and to all those who liked the pics of the finished work.

I completely forgot about these patches and rediscovered then in a pile of stuff. Since I already had the bias binding, I went ahead and finished them in the style of the original US made patches. I'm pleased with how they came out. I thought I'd have to be very precise with the stitching but...

My attempt to create as exact a copy as possible of an original 548th BS silk-screened canvas patch. I first sealed the canvas with gesso, I mapped out the design and then painted in each colour in turn making sure to replicate the misalignment of colour passes which are typical of...

Nicely done. This patch is on my to do list - even have the canvas stretched and primed with gesso.

A few more to added to the collection: First up a another ICWATC patch from the 1337th Army Air Forces Base Unit (interestingly the perspective of the crate is the flipped - probably an error from when the original was assembled). Next my take on a North African Division ATC patch - painted...

Photo of a jacket attached to a 1st Air Commando patch - it really emphasises how oversized it is!

The CBI seemed to have some of the largest patches - here are three whoppers I've been working on recently. First up the 4th BS (Provisional), CACW. 5 inch disk, 7.5 inches in total and a complete nightmare to cut and assemble. 45th BS, 40th BG. Again a 5 inch disk, 7 inches at its...

Leon Schlesinger Productions, which later became Warner Bros Cartoons.

The only original version of this particular 548th BS design that I have seen are silk-screen on canvas. I can't see enough detail to tell if this one is a canvas patch though. If it's decal on leather, then the decal is replicating a silk-screen effect which would be a red flag to me. The...

Looks horribly flammable - I'm assuming it wouldn't have been used in high end formula/endurance racing.

I can't imagine what prompted me to add to my 100th BG collection but here a couple of new additions ;). First up is the group patch, there are loads of versions but this is my favourite and one of the more striking designs. Next up is the third version of the 418th BS patch that I've done -...

So you won it - looks a very nice example!

I have got pretty much all of the Maguire and Conway books. In the early days they were the de facto source of flight jacket and insignia information for me.

A month or so ago I got back on the patch making horse after a 6 month break and have been mainly focusing on multi-piece CBI patches (my all time favourite style). I thought I'd share a few examples of hump ATC patches, I've recently completed: As always I've tried to use materials typical of...

WW2 Combat Squadrons of the USAF is available online. You need to be aware that this was compiled in the late 1950's, so the 'approved date' of the emblem needs to be checked. Even then, it is not 100% reliable, eg. 64th Fighter Squadron's emblem has an approval date of July 1956 but was used...