WWII Period

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare circa 1942 5th Army Airways Communications Squadron, part of the Army Airways Communications System (AACS) jacket patch. Set up in 1938, the AACS was tasked with maintaining radio facilities as an aid to air...

ARTIFACT: Scarce WWII United States Army Air Forces 3rd Combat Cargo Squadron 1st C. C. Group, 10th Air Force CBI-made, unofficial jacket patch. The padded, wool felt, chain stitch patch depicts a flaming skull against a black background. USAAF Combat...

ARTIFACT: This is an Australian-made World War II 2nd Bombardment Squadron, 22nd Bombardment Group, 5th Air Force squadron patch with a red border. The 22nd flew B-26s in the Pacific Theatre. The patch shows the head of a Viking at its center...

ARTIFACT: This is a great World War II Army Air Forces 1st Troop Carrier Command flight jacket patch. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: About 5" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Leather with decal. ATTACHMENT: To be sewn onto Flight Clothing...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II United States Army Air Forces 1st Troop Carrier Command decal on a leather flight jacket patch. The patch shows an eagle carrying an armed soldier in its talons and reads VINCIT QUI PRIMUM GERIT (he conquers who gets...

ARTIFACT: Extremely rare circa 1945-46 United States Army Air Force 509th Composite Squadron patch worn upon return to Roswell AFB. Lightly used, removed from clothing. The 509th Composite Group was a United States Army Air Forces unit created during...

ARTIFACT: Rare, early WWII 23rd Fighter Group, China Air Task Force patch of 5 kill Ace and eventual Major General Charles H. Dubois Jr. 76th Pursuit Squadron, one of the original squadrons of the 23rd FG formed in 1942 as a component of the China Air...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful circa 1949 Berlin Airlift / Berlin Blockade / Operation Vittles United States Air Force plaque to 7122nd Air Police Squadron Corporal Daiel Godich. The wooden plaque features three brass panels, the top one reads: "CPL. DANIEL...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful Japanese Occupation period (late 194os) handmade in lightweight aircraft aluminum. The front of the bracelet shows a scene with a geisha and Mount Fuji. The side of the bracelet has the name O.L. Moore engraved upon it. The...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1944 dated navigator's dead reckoning computer Type AN 5835-1 used by both the United States Army Air Forces and Navy during World War II in its original pigskin case. A rotating disc connected at its center to a stationary disc both...

ARTIFACT: This is an Italian-made ashtray for the United States 718th Bomb Squadron, 448th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force. The ashtray is painted in beautiful tones suitable for a fresco and shows an eagle with missiles in relief. Four medallions around the...

ARTIFACT: This is a historically important aviator's automatic 24 hour watch from an unknown member of the United States Army Air Forces 509th Composite Group, Atomic Bomb Group. The 509th carried out the Hiroshima bombing. The watch was made by Seeland,...