WW II P-38 Lightning Patches

[lightning38]

I'd like to buy or have made a WW II reproduction squadron or group leather patch that would have a P-38 pictured on it for my new A-2 flight jacket so if anyone has pictures they could email me of the different patches they had in WW II with P-38's pictured on the patch (official or unofficial)
I'd appreciate it.

Thank You
Mike

 

[a2jacketpatches]

Best off posting pics of the ones you want, there's a bunch of guys painting patches in acrylic these days at good prices. Or visit my Ebay store here-
http://stores.ebay.com/a2jacketpatches
for custom multi-piece leather, painted leather, hand embroidered, incised, you name it, using period correct materials on a prepaid basis.

 

[Anonymous]

viewtopic.php?f=29&t=12542

 

[a2jacketpatches]

Here's a nice Photo Recon patch I always liked and have done in the past, technically F-4's or F-5's, these P-38's were armed only with cameras.

Also
http://www.jbmilart.com/leather-patches.html is my recommendation for any painted patches you may need, nice shading and highlighting gives his work a 3 dimensional appearance.

 

[dujardin]

hello and welcomeeeeeeeeeeeee


i'm in use to request Ties for my patch, cool guy, cool price

this is the last one he did for me

474th FG use P-38

byeeeeeeee
marcel

 

[ties70]

Regards

Ties

 

[a2jacketpatches]

Wow! Mr. Ties, Super painting and the wear looks real. Very nice shading is clear in these large photos. The red ring one on top is complete with age is my guess, absolutely perfect, getting an authentic look like that is certainly half the battle. These patches were worn on jackets that rubbed against canopies etc. getting in and out of a plane, they creased and got scratched, this is the look of a patch in service. A flat patina looks great, but doesn't really represent anything but an item that's been sitting around for decades soaking up tobacco and impurities in the air.

The leather you're using looks like it's helping with the look as well, most likely these garment type leathers were most available and used for painting patches.

 

[ties70]

Here's another P-38 squadron patch:

Hey Marcel,

I'll try to take a better scan tomorrow!

Ties

 

[Silver Surfer]

you may wish to consider one of my faves. the 49th fs, 14th fg. it says it all. there is a nice example on page 169, in " american flight jackets". l have an original on one of my named a-2s, and i had sean make a killer repro for one of my repros. i have also seen variations of same with different color schemes.

 

[Jeff M]

Roberto ( rob75IT on the VLJ forum ) has a nice version of the 49th FS patch he shows on his web site ("Italian Patch Maker")

http://www.italianpatchmaker.it/works.html

Including other designs with P 38's on them, with a couple of simple "airplane only" patches at the bottom of the page.

 

[lightning38]

Super patches, thanks for sharing.

Roberto ( rob75IT on the VLJ forum ) has a nice version of the 49th FS patch he shows on his web site ("Italian Patch Maker")

http://www.italianpatchmaker.it/works.html

Including other designs with P 38's on them, with a couple of simple "airplane only" patches at the bottom of the page.

 

[ties70]

Here's another P-38 squadron patch:

Hey Marcel,

I'll try to take a better scan tomorrow!

Ties

Here it is in colour...

 

[lightning38]

I found out that the pictured Bugs Bunny P-38 patch (not the P-38 with the camera on the nose) is from the 337th FS 329th FG 4th AF on the West Coast.

Mike

Regards

Ties

 

[ButteMT61]

I'm constantly impressed with the talent on this forum! I now go and hide in shame... :arrow:

 

[ties70]

...and here is the last one of my 474th FG series for Marcel:

Ties

 

[dujardin]

so perfect

Again a big work

thanksssssssssssss

marcel

 

[lightning38]

Really neat. My friend, now deceased was in the 430th squadron and I'm still seriously thinking about the 430th for my A-2.

...and here is the last one of my 474th FG series for Marcel:

Ties