an update....but first I would like to thank all for your comments, observations, opinions, and advice. with that in. mind, I have decided to take a different tack, due to my recent digging and research. I have found that Forsyth flew in the 11th bs cbi. this I deduced by reading an interview he gave some years ago in [see pic] which he said that he was in the oldest bs in the cbi. also he said that he flew "25s" [b-25s]. h flew the hump, inland. missions,, and costal bombing raids. the guy was something of a maverick, and flew lead plane often. so, I found that the oldest bs in the cbi was the 11th bs, and lo and behold,, the flew b-25s. what more, when I found a history of the 11th bs [acc], I found that Forsyth was made commander of the squadron jan. 1943. soooo.....my intention now is to the restoration route [see the the thread of restoring the me-109 started by Burt]. I have looked for original "mr jiggs" patches,[as is proper for the 11th bs] and found that they are super rare and when available very, very expensive, ie: out of my league, thus a high quality reproduction patch will likely be stitched on the jacket where the atc patch is currently. the blood chit will remain, as it is early wwll correct, and
View attachment 112255View attachment 112253View attachment 112251 not repro. the wrist knit knits will be replaced either with wwll original knits [if available], or repro high end knits. dunno yet about the waistband, as it is in pretty ok shape. I have tried to track down remaining family members of Forsyth, but it was real needle in a haystack stuff, thus nothing from that pursuit.