better duck
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Yesterday it finally arrived in the mail after three weeks of suspense: will it or will it not arrive??
A beautiful reproduction of the emblem of the 457th BG, also known as "The Fireball Outfit". Anyone who sees this patch now knows why it was called that.
Oscar, aka Atkins, made it for me, from a photo of an original that was on a book cover:
Here are two photo's of Oscar's artwork, layed flat on my GW Aero 16160. I will have it stitched to this jacket in a couple of weeks,
It will go on the jacket together with the one that Ties Kaiser has made for me of the other patch you see on the book cover, that of the 748th Bomb Squadron.
Here's a pic of Ties's rendition of the 748th Patch:
Funny thing is, most of the time you see Group patches (if any), being worn on the right side of the chest, and the Squadron Patch almost always on the left. In these two photos you see members of the 457th Bomb Group, with just the Group patch - on the left chest, and no squadron patch:
A beautiful reproduction of the emblem of the 457th BG, also known as "The Fireball Outfit". Anyone who sees this patch now knows why it was called that.
Oscar, aka Atkins, made it for me, from a photo of an original that was on a book cover:
Here are two photo's of Oscar's artwork, layed flat on my GW Aero 16160. I will have it stitched to this jacket in a couple of weeks,
It will go on the jacket together with the one that Ties Kaiser has made for me of the other patch you see on the book cover, that of the 748th Bomb Squadron.
Here's a pic of Ties's rendition of the 748th Patch:
Funny thing is, most of the time you see Group patches (if any), being worn on the right side of the chest, and the Squadron Patch almost always on the left. In these two photos you see members of the 457th Bomb Group, with just the Group patch - on the left chest, and no squadron patch:
