I’ve scoured the web for hours to identify the below patch, but to no avail. I was wondering if any of you knew which aircraft or unit this insignia might represent.
My Dad picked this up years ago at a gun show, and believes it is “authentic”, but we don’t know the specifics of the patch. Supposedly it came from a bomber jacket.
If it is associated with a particular aircraft, I’d like to build it for him.
Any help or insight you can provide is appreciated.
Here is a link to another site that might be a starting point for group names that you could google and get possible pictures of planes.
I do know that my Grandfather worked with the training wing for gunners and they used the same planes taht were out in the field although with different markings.
Some of the quick information I was able to pull up, thanks to your great lead, was that AT-11’s and even B-18A’s were used as trainers at Carlsbad AAF. I’ve then found that there is a 1/72 AT-11 available, and a nice 1/48 AT-11 resin conversion kit available from Lone Star Models. I haven’t found anything on B-18 availability, but I’ve seen some 1/72 versions somewhere before.
I think it would be cool to attach the patch to a nice base and include an aircraft or two. If I can pull it off before December, it might make a nice Xmas present next year.
In case you’re interested, there are a few photos of the AT-11 available on ebay. I won’t post links to specific auctions, in case that’s against board rules. But the first one I found after doing a search is a nice clear closeup of the nose, forward fuselage, engine and some landing gear detail. It’s b&w, of course, so of limited use for color information, but good for detail.
And if anybody knows of an AT-7 Navigator kit, I’d be very interested. My father trained in one down at Selman Field in Louisiana during WW2.
I’ll have to check. I had my dad scan it and e-mail it to me, so I don’t have the actual patch in my possesion. Seeing as it is valuable, I probably wouldn’t attach it to a base permanently.
Wow - only $85 for the Selman Field Navigator’s School patch. What a bargain! I’ll look in my father’s old footlocker in the attic first.
There’s some guy on eBay who does replica patches for a whole lot less. I got a repro of the USS Macon squadron patch for less than $10, I believe. It’s pretty accurate, too.