Aircraft Company Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a cool Martin-Baker Aircraft Company (MBA) lapel wing given to personnel who ejected from an aircraft using a Martin-Baker ejection seat: in other words, it is like a Caterpillar pin. My educated guess is that although date-stamped for...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950s Pratt & Whitney crash crew badge. The badge reads CRASH DEATIL UNITED AIRCRAFT CORP. P. & W. AIRCRAFT F.D. 82. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: 1-7/8" height and 1-5/16" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Chrome-plated brass...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Curtiss-Wright Factory patch in a nice navy twill with gold embroidery. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: About 4-3/8 in width by 2" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Cotton embroidery thread on cotton twill...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War II employee photo identification badge for PESCO (Pump Engine Service Corporation), a company that manufactured aircraft parts. The badge is by Whitehead & Hoag of Newark, New Jersey. VINTAGE: Circa World War II...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Ford Plant Protector Police badge for the Aircraft Engineering Division (AED) numbered 18The badge is made by Hanson of Chicago. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 2-7/8" in height and 1-15/16" in width...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Wright Aero Corporation member dues celluloid pin from March 194Wright Aero was the aircraft engine manufacturing division of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. The pin is by Bastian Brothers of Rochester, New York...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II plant access badge for the Buffalo, New York division of Curtiss-Wright Corporation. Curtiss-Wright closed out World War II with the distinction of producing the most aircraft of any other American company. The badge is...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce World War II worker's badge for Pratt & Whitney in Missouri. The pin is a blue square with a keyhole-shaped cut-out to display the worker's photograph: in this case, a middle-aged man with glasses. VINTAGE: Circa World War II...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Aviation Training Service Flight Suit patch. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: About 10-1/4 in width by 4-1/2" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Cotton/poly/silk embroidery thread on twill. ATTACHMENT: To be sewn onto...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1920s workers badge for Wright Aero Corporation. The pin is roughly square and reads WRIGHT AERO. CORP. C3611. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s. SIZE: 1-9/16" height and 1-1/2" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Clear plastic front with white...

ARTIFACT: This is a numbered 1920s-1930s workers badge for Wright Aero Corporation. The pin is roughly square and reads WRIGHT AERO. CORP. GARFIELD 9077. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s-1930s. SIZE: 1-9/16" height and 1-1/2" width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1935 advertising/recruiting brochure for the Curtiss-Wright Technical Institute of Aeronautics School. The school was started in 1929 and was headquartered at the Glendale, California Grand Central Air Terminal (the school was...