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Patch info needed

Ken at Aero Leather

Well-Known Member
Can anyone ID a WW2 USAAF patch from this desription or provide a link to a picture

B-17 flying from right to left over a full colour Planet Earth (Africa Europe in centre)
Edge of patch shows stopwatch with every 10 seconds marked in numerals. Hand stopped at 60
I do recall it's the 62nd (???) Squadron or Group (62nd, 60 seconds, get it?)
Can't find the original artwork / design anywhere.

Thanks (in advance)
 

Ken at Aero Leather

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ya might want to consider post your ifo request on one of the fb patch sites as well as here, ken.

I don't do FB but thanks for the suggestion.
Here's the patch

62ndPatch.jpg
 

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shedonwanna

Active Member
May not be a squadron but a personal piece of art used by a bombardier. Could refer to 60 seconds of straight/level flight before dropping bomb load.
 

Ken at Aero Leather

Well-Known Member
May not be a squadron but a personal piece of art used by a bombardier. Could refer to 60 seconds of straight/level flight before dropping bomb load.

It is a WW2 USAAF unit patch, not a personnal piece of artwork. I can't remember which book but I saw it in at least one, but that was in the 1980s. There was some text explaining the origin of the artwork but I can't remember what unit except it wasn't a bomb unit, maybe troop carrier? reconnaissance? photographic? I think it was something rather obscure?

 

EMBLEMHUNTER

Well-Known Member
Yes it shows up in the old Nat Geos and I think that is where I found the image I posted for you , glad to have been able to help you with the ID :)
 

airfrogusmc

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Good to see you posting again Ken. Anybody hear from Paul Sanders lately? Last I heard he was living in Wisconsin.
 
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