Johnny Signor and a veteran .... Frank Hurlbut of the 82fg

[dujardin]

hellloooo

often i'm exchanging mail with Jhonny Signor concerning patch identification, aso....

on his photobucket account i discover a photo of 2 guys, i was wondering which one he was. regarding the t-shirt; i had a good idea.
i wrote him back to ask who was the vet.

veteran is Frank Hurlbut of the 82FG - 96FS



and this is the patch of the 96th



little from the mail i receive from Johnny

''he helped me confirm that their Squadron emblems were used during WW2''

 

[dujardin]

Re: Johnny Signor and a veteran .... Frank Hurlbut of the 82

making some searches about this vet, i discover this

http://www.directart.co.uk/mall/profiles.php?SigID=302

 

[dujardin]

Re: Johnny Signor and a veteran .... Frank Hurlbut of the 82

and also this era photo

he is second from left

 

[EMBLEMHUNTER]

Re: Johnny Signor and a veteran .... Frank Hurlbut of the 82

Yeah , that's me , Frank is signing a photo of himself for me at a Aces gathering a few years ago , He had an A-2 that had an original 96th Fighter squadron patch on it and he confirmed my thoughts that their emblems were used during WW2 even though the "Official" approval for the Squadrons emblems weren't until post war .

I had a guy try to tell me that they were not used during WW2 and I knew better and Frank's patch on his jacket and some other info he told me about the other Squadron's confirmed this for me .

By the way , Much thanks to all the veterans that served and are serving this veterans day !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Johnny

 

[TankBuster]

Re: Johnny Signor and a veteran .... Frank Hurlbut of the 82

Nice! I've always been a fan of the 82nd Fighter Group.

There are plenty of wartime photos of pilots wearing the 96th FS patch on their A-2 jackets in the 82nd FG history book as well as all the other squadrons insignia being worn.

Nice work on the 96th patch by the way.