USAF Uniform

Barnie65 · Sep 9, 2024

Hello
I have some uniforms of a USAFE major or wich period. Can you tell what his name was and which parts of the uniform are missing?
and why from a German manufacturer

Wurger · Sep 9, 2024

The uniform was made by the German manufacturer so it is possible the guy could be servicing in the US units in the Germany during the cold war. Possible 50'?

Frog · Sep 9, 2024

Barnie65 said:
Hello
I have some uniforms of a USAFE major or wich period. Can you tell what his name was and which parts of the uniform are missing?
and why from a German manufacturer

Post war privately made by a German taylor : notice several medal ribbons are post war dated, including an Army of Occupation medal ribbon.

The miniature C-54 Berlin Airlift Device clasp indicates 90 days consecutive service between 26 June 1948 and 30 September 1949.

Wurger · Sep 9, 2024

Yep .. the fabric and the uniform jacket cut reminds me the Westbundeswehr grey uniforms from the 50'.

Barnie65 · Sep 9, 2024

t may be that the uniform has become brighter from the sun (UV light).

Barnie65 · Sep 9, 2024

Frog said:
Post war privately made by a German taylor : notice several medal ribbons are post war dated, including an Army of Occupation medal ribbon.

The miniature C-54 Berlin Airlift Device clasp indicates 90 days consecutive service between 26 June 1948 and 30 September 1949.

which medals are shown here.
I don't know much about this matter.
The one with the Berlin is probably the one with the plane.

Wurger · Sep 9, 2024

Barnie65 said:
t may be that the uniform has become brighter from the sun (UV light).

Possible. But I found another similar uniform of U.S. WW2 Air Force Officers Major's Dress Uniform. All looks the same except the badges that aren't embroidered.

U.S. WW2 AirForce Officers Major’s Dress Uniform & Pants W/ Decorations | eBay

U.S. WW2 AirForce Officers Major’s Dress Uniform & Pants. With Command Pilot Wings, Missile Badge and 12- place Ribbon Bar. Condition is "Used".

www.ebay.com.au

Frog · Sep 9, 2024

Wurger said:
Possible. But I found another similar uniform of U.S. WW2 Air Force Officers Major's Dress Uniform. All looks the same except the badges that aren't embroidered.

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U.S. WW2 AirForce Officers Major’s Dress Uniform & Pants W/ Decorations | eBay

U.S. WW2 AirForce Officers Major’s Dress Uniform & Pants. With Command Pilot Wings, Missile Badge and 12- place Ribbon Bar. Condition is "Used".

www.ebay.com.au

This one is post war too : prior to becoming US Air Force on september 18, 1947, and adopting the blue uniform, the US Army Air Forces were part of the Army and wore olive drab uniforms with relevant Air Force insignias and patches.

Wurger · Sep 9, 2024

Frog said:
This one is post war too : prior to becoming US Air Force on september 18, 1947, and adpting the blue uniform, the US Army Air Forces were part of the Army and wore olive drab uniforms with relevant Air Force insignias and patches.

Yep but the uniform cut is the same. So it means that there is a lack of the pants to that.

Wurger · Sep 9, 2024

Barnie65 said:
which medals are shown here.
I don't know much about this matter.
The one with the Berlin is probably the one with the plane.

Here ... not sure what is the sixth one but I'll dig up more. And a note ... the Air Medal ribbon is with the four Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster and the Europe-African-Middle Eastern Campaign one is with two bronze stars. The first one from the left seems to be of the silver or different variant.

Edit ... the sixth medal has been found by R Leonard.

Wurger · Sep 9, 2024

I have had a trouble in finding of the sixth medal. The ribbon is very faded. Neither on the Army, USAF nor Navy list of medals it could be located. Finaly I found the N.S. Meyer Inc. from the New York list of the medal ribbons and on the page 3, two similar ones IMHO. However the NG ribbon looks quite strange among the WW2 medals.

The further searching led me to the US National Guard medals.
It appears that the ribbons could be :

The Arizona National Guard ...

The Nebraska National Guard ...

The South Dakota National Guard ...

The West Virginia National Guard ...

or ...

The Kansas Notional Guard ...

The Oregon National Guard ...

R Leonard · Sep 9, 2024

I would suggest a very, very faded WW2 victory ribbon. That would correctly mix with the precedence ahead of the occupation ribbon

Wurger · Sep 9, 2024

R Leonard said:
I would suggest a very, very faded WW2 victory ribbon. That would correctly mix with the precedence ahead of the occupation ribbon

I think you are right. The close view at the medal ribbon made me convinced. The layout of the colours ( strips) seems to fit the medal colours. And yes the ribbon looks very very faded comparing to the others.

Barnie65 · Sep 10, 2024

I'm trying to take a better photo, I have a total of 3 jackets and 2 pants
Hopefully I'll have better light this weekend. because I take a photo of it with my phone and send it to the PC via Whatsapp

You have already helped me a lot, thank you very much

Barnie65 · Sep 14, 2024

Here are the promised photos. I also have a pair of beige pants. Hope it's better now

Wurger · Sep 14, 2024

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