413th Bomb Squadron and 8th AAF patches

[Flightengineer]

Hi guys,
I made these patches at the request of VLJ member @Brent.

Hope they will reach him soon and he can patched his A2 with them.

The jacket he is going to patch is not new, so we decided to give this patches "flew some missions" look.

 

[Brent]

I love the "stubby" mighty 8th AAF shoulder patch. Don't see too many of them floating around.
I'm not going to go into how talented Dmitry is. Pictures say it all. Well that orange red was a custom mix of color.

Regards,

 

[B-Man2]

Dmitry :
Those look pretty good . You are a man of many skills

 

[Flightengineer]

Dmitry :
Those look pretty good . You are a man of many skills

Thanks Burt!

 

[ausreenactor]

Like the finish on these... Given the variety in finishes in the jackets there are some who prefer a gloss finish to a patch; however, I prefer this 'flew some missions' look every day of the week. Great work Sir!

 

[Flightengineer]

Like the finish on these... Given the variety in finishes in the jackets there are some who prefer a gloss finish to a patch; however, I prefer this 'flew some missions' look every day of the week. Great work Sir!

Thanks Couchy, they should start to Brent today, hopefully see a photo on his jacket here soon.

 

[Flightengineer]

I love the "stubby" mighty 8th AAF shoulder patch. Don't see too many of them floating around.

You're right, short wings were rare. In the famous book, I found only one photo.




Nevertheless, the short-winged version looks very cool for my taste.

 

[Flightengineer]

upd already sent

 

[kirova]

You're right, short wings were rare. In the famous book, I found only one photo.




Nevertheless, the short-winged version looks very cool for my taste.

looks like originally there was a shoulder patch, it was removed, AAF decal applied, then the 8th AF logo was painted over the decal?

 

[Brent]

Looking like I got something pretty special and unique.

Regards,

 

[Flightengineer]

looks like originally there was a shoulder patch, it was removed, AAF decal applied, then the 8th AF logo was painted over the decal?

I don't think this is painted over the AAF decal.
One old patch was removed and the 8AF was painted directly onto the leather.

 

[kirova]

I don't think this is painted over the AAF decal.
One old patch was removed and the 8AF was painted directly onto the leather.

yeah I guess you are right, at a glance, the blue part of the 8AF logo seems to be peeling, so I thought it was a decal, but at a closer look, looks like the whole logo was painted on.