PeterShiao
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sorry i was wrong !! this man's b10 jacket is from eastman leather and that patch is from original ww2 409th bomb SQ patches
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question about flying tigers patches!!
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Yeah a rare bird Peter, I've never seen it and certainly not a white label with a dark collar, it's why I grabbed the early Buzz Rickson B10 painted Super Mouse, the unusual ones or one offs are worth collecting, you just don't see much of them
Exactly! I didn't think Buzz did that lsl in a dark collar haha and the patch definitely looked original.
What I do find a puzzle though is the usual patch is yellow backed, the American Air force museum has one
Wo
Wow this jacket is discussed on the US militaria forum ans saying the guy got completely duped, the patch is a fake or copy made by old club badges, discussed here
So the consensus is, the yellow backed patch is the correct one
Seen here
PeterShiao
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i believe the patch i post later on the man's b10(eastman leather) is real original. his IG is punkpower76 you could check it out .Wo
Wow this jacket is discussed on the US militaria forum ans saying the guy got completely duped, the patch is a fake or copy made by old club badges, discussed here
I checked everywhere there wasn't a white backed patch at least not according to military sources
But I will say that the guy that supplied it, didn't realise it was him, Andrew Butler has been supplying authentic insignia for a lot of years, so I don't know
Shanghai-Mayne
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Not approved by authority.
I believe this is the true 2nd pursuit squadron panda patch
Shanghai-Mayne
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AVG pilots, they are technically employee by a China company, all of those patch only need that company’s approval.
Chandler
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Basically, just Chennault's approval.
Chandler
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Hmm. Lost Worlds. That alone makes me skeptical.
I would bet those pins were custom and very few made -- if not only that particular set.
If you read up on the AVG, many of the members got personal items locally in Rangoon and Kunming. I think the only official piece of uniform you ever see them wearing is the Chinese army cap with the Chinese star badge on the front.
Shanghai-Mayne
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National Chinese Army cap (German style) in the movie:
Shanghai-Mayne
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Or their own uniform cap, with national china Air Force cap badge.
Chandler
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I was talking "official" Chinese issue.
Yeah, the badge might be official, but the cap wasn't.
To those German-style caps, the German army advised and trained the Chinese army for a long time prior to WW2, so the influence shows.
Shanghai-Mayne
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Those are summer cap.Is this one from the movie not too dark?
Dark one in the movie, is wool fabric, only issued to officers or elite guards (german advisor trained force).
