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B-10 decal.

Cocker

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I'm sure I've seen pictures of pilots/crew wearing B-10 without shoulder decal on one of my 9th AF books. Hang on!
 

Cocker

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There you go ! Pictures courtesy of the book "362nd Fighter Group dans la Bataille de Normandie".
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Smithy

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I just had a flick through Bucholtz's "4th Fighter Group" book Steve and most of the examples in there (and there's a few) are without the AAF shoulder marking.
 

B-Man2

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Steve;
Many of them did not have the USAAF roundel on them.
Here's General Anthony McAuliffe's' B-10 where a rigger put the 101st airborne patch on it.
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Cocker

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Steve, I know nothing of B-10 jackets but looking at the pictures above.
I am tempted to suggest your initial thread should really say ....
Did .....any .... B-10 have the decal on the left shoulder
Aaaaaaah crap, don't make me pull out my books again ! :-D

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jnlight75

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My go to site for looking at original examples of flight gear is the Ed Nored collection on the 303rd BG page. Here is a good range of examples: http://www.303rdbg.com/uniforms-gear4.html.

I think for anything made after 1943, the shoulder decal was spec (including rebuilt A2s). But I suspect any sort of hard laundering process (dry cleaning, gasoline, etc.) would wear down the paint/decal pretty quick. Not to mention simple wear and tear.
 
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