photos 20feb2011

[dujardin]

helloooooooo
some pics i discover on ebay or during searches on the net

2nd BG

Thomas R Ford 2bg 96bs

''fifty packin mama'' lead plane during ''frantic1''

technicians working on radar device

Navyyyyyyyyyyyyyy guyyyyyyyyyy

air base control tower in New Jersey

somewhere in Corsica

VJ-2

"stardust" 91bg 322bs

in Lancaster

pre-flight briefing

scramble scramble srcambleeeeeeeeeeeee

byeeeeeeee
marcel

 

[EMBLEMHUNTER]

Hey Marcel, Great shots you found again, the first one is cooooooooooolllllllll for the A-2 has a leather 2nd Bomb Group patch on it , first I've seen of a WW-2 photo with one , the others are great too , the 91st BG guys also have thier patches too !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Johnny

 

[Jason]

Thanks for those wonderful photos Marcel, I really like the second photo, looking at the makeup of the crew there and wondering what lives they left back home.

 

[MikeyB-17]

Interesting that the chap in the back row from the 91st has both group and squadron patches, but he has the group on the left and squadron on the right. It was my understanding that it was supposed to be the other way round-mind you, it was Eastman's catalogue that I got that from. Perhaps in the real World they weren't that fussy. Unusual to see both on a jacket. The captain in the front row's patch doesn't look like any of the 91st's squadron patches from what I can make out-perhaps he'd recently transferred in.

 

[EMBLEMHUNTER]

Interesting that the chap in the back row from the 91st has both group and squadron patches, but he has the group on the left and squadron on the right. It was my understanding that it was supposed to be the other way round-mind you, it was Eastman's catalogue that I got that from. Perhaps in the real World they weren't that fussy. Unusual to see both on a jacket. The captain in the front row's patch doesn't look like any of the 91st's squadron patches from what I can make out-perhaps he'd recently transferred in.

The Captian in the front row is wearing the patch of what "appears" to be the 152nd Observation Squadron , so I would veture is is a transfer . And I do believe you're correct as to the placing of the Sqd/grp patches on the other man's A-2 , yes they did tend to reverse them at times, the "rules" weren't always "strictly" enforced in this area .
Johnny

 

[MikeyB-17]

Yep, I concur, 152nd Observation. Good spot.

 

[dujardin]

someone to place a good pic of this 152 observ patch ????

 

[EMBLEMHUNTER]

Hey Marcel for a good image of the 152nd Obs.Sqd , type in Ranger95 in your search box, click and click on title it will go to main page then click "Air Force" box, scroll down and you'll see "Observation squadrons on lower right side of titles click that one and then click 152ndOBS Sqd , there ya go !
Johnny

 

[dujardin]

thankssssssssssssss Johnny

 

[EMBLEMHUNTER]

Hey Marcel, glad to help , I hope you found the image of the 152nd on that site , have a great day !
Johnny