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[Greg Boeser]

Looks painted.

 

[syscom3]

B-17F "Tuffy" (41-24521) and crew, 43rd Bomb Group, 5th AF.

Assigned to the 43rd BG, Nov 1942. In Oct 43, it returned back to the US after 60 missions.
Tuffy was also the very last B17 allocated to the PTO.

 

[Viking1066]

Douglas SBD Dauntless Lt. George Glacken and gunner Leo Boulanger New Guines 1944 REDD

 

[Viking1066]

Fairey Albacore on board HMS Formidable June 1943 DEST

 

[Viking1066]

Douglas XB-19 with escort DEST

 

[Glider]

Here is a photo of a Ju52. My father was in Germany in the mid late 1930's and we found this photo. He was flown from Frankfurt to Vienna on this flight. Also is attached a photo of his group having a break, the building they are next to are the Graff Zeppelin sheds where the Hindenburg was hangered. There are no photos but he did tell me that the group were shown over the Airship.

 

[syscom3]

Douglas XB-19 with escort DESTView attachment 858345

Looks like its flying over the South Bay part of Los Angeles. The view is to the northwest. If I was a betting man, you can see the "Hollywood" sign to the left of the rudder. below would be the long gone HUGHES airport in present day Playa Vista..

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

[syscom3]

Consolidated Model 28 — U.S. Navy PBY — flying boats in final assembly at the Consolidated Aircraft factory in San Diego in November 1940.

 

[Viking1066]

Curtiss P-40N Warhawk 10AF 80FG88FS Burma Banshee White 27 HA Weinheimer at Nagaghuli Assam N India ASBIZ

 

[Viking1066]

Corsair is flying over invasion shipping off Okinawa, 10 April 1945 HERF

 

[Viking1066]

Hellcats over CAP carrier HMS Ruler SAFO

 

[CATCH 22]

My pleasure.
And I agree.The emblem is really almost the same. The differences are the shape of the ax and the blood spot at it with its drops. Also the size of the belt. It is much wider and seems to be without the buckle. The nose of the guy got the red ( possible ) colour at its ending. And his feet look like being more rounded at the tips.

Wojtek, I was trying (not too hard though) to find the exact emblem from the 30's used on the B-10s, as seen in the photos. There are dozens of variations of the "Headsman", many are real patches fоr leather-jackets:

Some are sketches or drawings from different sites. None is like the one with the wide belt, as you mentioned. I'm sure now I don't have any better zoom-in than the photo you posted but it's really hard to figure all the details resp. the exact contours of the man, the axe etc. from that photo only.
Thank you again for your input!

 

[Wurger]

Wojtek, I was trying (not too hard though) to find the exact emblem from the 30's used on the B-10s, as seen in the photos. There are dozens of variations of the "Headsman", many are real patches fоr leather-jackets:
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Some are sketches or drawings from different sites. None is like the one with the wide belt, as you mentioned. I'm sure now I don't have any better zoom-in than the photo you posted but it's really hard to figure all the details resp. the exact contours of the man, the axe etc. from that photo only.
Thank you again for your input!

That's true. I have found the same while browsing the net sources. IMHO these seen above could have been later variations. The exception is the second pic you attached. Quite similar to I mean that one below ... anyway, although the enlarged shot is blurry the shape and colours may be noticed quite well.

 

[Acree]

As of 1995, this was still the official emblem of an active duty USAF unit, then known as the 25th Training Squadron. The lineage goes back to the 25th Aero squadron of 1917 (and actually to the very brief life of the 20th Aero Squadron, 1917). I was in this unit in 1991-1995. Here is the USAF official description of the emblem and significance (quoted from the official history of the 25th Training Squadron):

On a disc white, outline black, a caricatured executioner, face and hands golden yellow, suit and mask black, belt and nose red, collar white, swinging an axe with four notches in the blade, the handle red and the head steel gray, stained with red dripping.
Significance: The Executioner was adopted by the squadron in 1917. The notches represent the number of enemy aircraft credited to each individual pilot while with the British Air Forces.

Approved: 15 Mar 1954 from World War I emblem.

The attached photo is of a wall-hanging created for the squadron sometime in the 1990s

 

[Viking1066]

Crews work on Douglas P-70 night fighters at Magenta AB New Caledonia November 1943 REDD
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[Viking1066]

Damaged TBD-1 USS Yorktown WAYB

 

[Viking1066]

Brewster B-396 seen here during tests in the USA before delivery STUR

 

[Viking1066]

USS Saratoga (CV-3) Underway at sea, circa 1942. Planes on deck include five Grumman F4F fighters, six Douglas SBD scout bombers and one Grumman TBF torpedo plane HISN

 

[Viking1066]

HMS Formidable at Leyte, Philippines 1945 DEST