12th BG A-2 Grouping

[Stony]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ALL-ORIGINAL-WW ... 70wt_77490

I'm a little leary on this one as the squadron patch looks a bit too new and the other patch is something I've never seen.

Any ideas?

 

[unclegrumpy]

The Squadron patch is as it should be.

 

[Peter Graham]

Looks all legit to me and totally fantastic.

 

[Silver Surfer]

agreed, legit, and kickass. no doubt the group will fetch some serious coin.

 

[TankBuster]

I agree as well. The patch is a beauty and the real deal. Great group!

 

[Stony]

Relisted with a BIN of $3.8k. Does anyone know what the high bid was on the first auction?

 

[shedonwanna]

Relisted with a BIN of $3.8k. Does anyone know what the high bid was on the first auction?

Last unchallenged bid was $2,624.00.

 

[TankBuster]

I was kind of surprised by this one. I thought it was a $3000-$3200 group pretty easy. Selling on eBay in the summer however can always be hit and miss. I've managed to nab a couple nice deals over the last month.

 

[TankBuster]

Looks like someone pulled the trigger on this group. I hope they made the seller a offer and got it for a little less than the $3,800 buy it now.

 

[Batmobile66]

All of the rest of the documentation in the grouping matches the time line and movements of the 12th BG. The 12BG blue book is also correct written in 1947 detailing the groups history. It is interesting the signature in the front of that book. Goodrich....... Col Goodrich was one of the original Col of the 12th, shot down and taken POW. This was before they outfitted the B-25's with the hardware to arrest the exhaust flames which made them easy targets for the German 88's in North Africa.

 

[Stony]

The 12th BG was originally station at McChord Field in WA state which is close to where I live. I met the son of the Earthquakers admin officer and got some of his stuff many years ago. The one piece I didn't get was the painted squadron sign his dad stole from outside the HQ building before they shipped out to N. Africa. I know where it is and I should try and take a shot at getting it.

The museum at McChord ABF has a couple of killer A-2s from when they were in the CBI. I'll try and get over there soon and get some pictures.

 

[Batmobile66]

I was just at McChord Field last year for the last reunion for the 12BG. The reunion was for the 81st, 8nd, and 83rd. The 434th does their own reunion for some reason. The museum at McChord, like you said has some INCREDIBLE examples of A2s from the 12th. I also have pictures, but not on this machine. They also have the large round sign from the 81st that looked to be perhaps from the war. My Grandfather was in the 81st and I have maintained friendships with a lot of the members of these groups since he passed away back in the mid 90's. Two of the remaining members just passed away in the last 3 months, a pilot from the 83rd that was at the reunion, and a radio man from the 81st. Very few of the Greatest Generation guys left.