Looking For Suggestions For Period Correct Patches For This USN 37J1 .

[B-Man2]

Guys
I’m looking for suggestions for patches that would be period correct for this USN 37J1 jacket . Any help would be great appreciated .
Thanks

 

[Griffon_301]

You have several choices;

Fighter: I guess "Felix" is obvious, less obvious would be the "Flying Chiefs" of VF-2; the squadron was manned entirely by CPOs and I was thinking about commissioning the guy who did VB-2 patch for my 37J1 to do its patch and use it on my CPO shirt;
Torpedo: VT-2, VT-3, VT-5 all had great looking patches; personally, I would go for the Red Dragon of VT-3; don´t mix the Torp-Rons with the later day Training Squadrons that carried the same squadron designation when you look for their patches;
Bombing/Scouting: again, you have the choice of some famous squadrons; VB-2, VB-3, VB-6, VS-6;

I think thats the squadron patches I would look at...

 

[ties70]

Probably hardly / never used in combination with the 37J1 but a cool choice made by @Thomas Koehle :

 

[Thomas Koehle]

Hi Burt,

these are my 37J1:

this piece of art was done by master @ties70 himself

he other one was created by JOSH

honestly i do not have any clue about how accurate each of the 2 version is

 

[ausreenactor]

Hi Burt,

these are my 37J1:

this piece of art was done by master @ties70 himself

he other one was created by JOSH

honestly i do not have any clue about how accurate each of the 2 version is

Josh is amazing; however, he will paint anything on any jacket...

Many examples that make you wonder.....

Patch thread will have many examples of the period. Think there is a USN patch website by J. Signor...

 

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[B-Man2]

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Thanks for all of your replies guys ... much appreciated

 

[zoomer]

You have the option to ignore the wartime reg of unit patch left / name patch right. Both were generally seen on the right pre-war.

For a patch not yet mentioned, you might choose to commemorate Midway's ill-fated Torpedo 6.

 

[Griffon_301]

The best known patched 37J1 I guess......