Patch info needed

[Ken at Aero Leather]

Can anyone ID a WW2 USAAF patch from this desription or provide a link to a picture

B-17 flying from right to left over a full colour Planet Earth (Africa Europe in centre)
Edge of patch shows stopwatch with every 10 seconds marked in numerals. Hand stopped at 60
I do recall it's the 62nd (???) Squadron or Group (62nd, 60 seconds, get it?)
Can't find the original artwork / design anywhere.

Thanks (in advance)

 

[Silver Surfer]

ya might want to consider post your ifo request on one of the fb patch sites as well as here, ken.

 

[Ken at Aero Leather]

ya might want to consider post your ifo request on one of the fb patch sites as well as here, ken.

I don't do FB but thanks for the suggestion.
Here's the patch

 

[shedonwanna]

May not be a squadron but a personal piece of art used by a bombardier. Could refer to 60 seconds of straight/level flight before dropping bomb load.

 

[Ken at Aero Leather]

May not be a squadron but a personal piece of art used by a bombardier. Could refer to 60 seconds of straight/level flight before dropping bomb load.

It is a WW2 USAAF unit patch, not a personnal piece of artwork. I can't remember which book but I saw it in at least one, but that was in the 1980s. There was some text explaining the origin of the artwork but I can't remember what unit except it wasn't a bomb unit, maybe troop carrier? reconnaissance? photographic? I think it was something rather obscure?

 

[EMBLEMHUNTER]

62nd Ferrying Squadron

 

[Ken at Aero Leather]

Many thanks Emblem Hunter!!! I must haver tried everything except "Ferrying" on google images!

More info and pictures here

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/193445-62nd-ferrying-squadron/

This thread mentions National Geographic, mine are at the factory so I can't check but that wasn't the publication I first saw the patch in. it was a hard cover specialist book.

 

[EMBLEMHUNTER]

Yes it shows up in the old Nat Geos and I think that is where I found the image I posted for you , glad to have been able to help you with the ID

 

[airfrogusmc]

Good to see you posting again Ken. Anybody hear from Paul Sanders lately? Last I heard he was living in Wisconsin.

 

[EMBLEMHUNTER]

Thanks airfrogusmc !!!!!!!

 

[A2 B3au]

Brilliant

 

[Pilot]

62nd Ferrying Squadron View attachment 164

Wow!