Tante Mu
New Member
Dear all,
has anyone here ever come across an original 20th FG jacket with similar artwork on it as seen in the picture of Jack Ilfrey in his A-2?
http://veterantributes.org/Photos/JackMIlfrey.jpg
I communicated a bit with Jack back in the 90s and he told me that his and other, similar "winged 8" emblems were done in a combination of paint and gold leaf (!)
His jacket was stolen on the troopship taking Jack home. In some group pictures of 20FG pilots, you will see others wearing this sort of individualized winged-8 artwork, although I have yet to find one as large as Jack's.
Was this a unique thing to the 20th? or did other units have similarly elaborate, gold or silver leaf artwork applied?
Best regards, Thies
has anyone here ever come across an original 20th FG jacket with similar artwork on it as seen in the picture of Jack Ilfrey in his A-2?
http://veterantributes.org/Photos/JackMIlfrey.jpg
I communicated a bit with Jack back in the 90s and he told me that his and other, similar "winged 8" emblems were done in a combination of paint and gold leaf (!)
His jacket was stolen on the troopship taking Jack home. In some group pictures of 20FG pilots, you will see others wearing this sort of individualized winged-8 artwork, although I have yet to find one as large as Jack's.
Was this a unique thing to the 20th? or did other units have similarly elaborate, gold or silver leaf artwork applied?
Best regards, Thies
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