Oh? Sorry, hope I didn’t add any drama
@mulceber Jan - what a polite description for some behaviours ...
Sean's patches are without doubt some of the best in the market. I would just not mix AVG-period patches with post-AVG-period patches on the same jacket ...
Pretty sure it happened with the AVG members who extended their tours.
Rather unlikely I guess - most references I came across indicate that only a tiny group of the original AVG pilots accepted the USAAF offer to sign in to active service again while the majority chose different paths. But more importantly I consider that all these cooperation patches basically pertained to the transition phase of the Chinese Air Task Force (CATF) after July 42 when the AVG already ceases to exist [attached a link below visualizing the squadron's history path]. One might draw a weird story on what might have been going on during that phase but even in that case I would rather expect the squadron patch on the wearer's left side and the cooperation patch coming in later on the still remaining right side of the wearer (apart from the multi-layer observation you rightfully raised already). Moreover, after its formal inauguration into active duty under the 23rd FtGrp all succeeding squadrons (74th, 75th, 76th) received their unique own squadron emblems.
