Squadron patch/insigna

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Vietnam Style!

 

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Qual'è l'altro "doppio"?

 

 

 

SAAF 27 Squadron

"Protegimus" (We Protect)

 

Formed at Eerste River, near Cape Town, on 24 August 1942, the squadron flew Ventura Vs on convoy escort and anti-submarine duties on South Africas west coast. In March 1944 the squadron left for North Africa, flying their Venturas in the Western Mediterranean and Spanish coastal areas. While part of the squadron moved back to Swartkop in november 1944, the remainder began converting to the Warwick GR V in Egypt. At the end of the war, the squadron stayed in Egypt for air-sea rescue duties, but in November 1945 they returned to South Africa with their Warwicks, only to be disbanded.

 

In January 1951 the squadron was reformed at Ysterplaat as a part-time maritime patrol unit, once again equipped with Venturas, only to be disbanded in 1958. The squadron was reformed again in October 1962 at Ysterplaat, flying inshore maritime reconnaissance with Dakotas. The Albatross was received in 1969 and the squadron moved to Cape Town International Airport. In October 1990 the squadron was disbanded.

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ROADRUNNERS!

 

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SAAF 25 Squadron

"Adiuvamus" (We Help)

 

As a spin-off of 33 Flight, 25 Squadron was formed on 1 July 1942 at Port Elizabeth with a few elderly Ansons borrowed from 33 Flight, flying coastal patrols. B-34 Venturas started arriving in September 1942. In June 1944 the squadron moved to Italy for operations against enemy shipping and harbours. Converting to Marauders in November, operations were still being flown with the Ventura. Action over Italy continued until being disbanded in July 1945.

 

Reformed in January 1951 from 21 Squadron, Dakotas were flown as a part-time transport unit until being renumbered 44 Squadron in November 1953. Ysterplaat saw the squadron reformed in February 1968, once again equipped with the Dakota. The squadron was finally disbanded in October 1990.

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US Navy VFA-151

 

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Detachment 1, Echo Company

168^th Aviation (HH)

Buckley Air Force Base, Aurora, Colorado

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CID AGENT

 

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USAAF, Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Sq. ca. 1942

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28^th Commonwealth Brigade Formation, Malaya & Singapore ca.1971

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USS NEWPORT

 

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SAAF 12 Squadron

"Primus In Acien" (First into Battle)

 

By renumbering 2 Squadron at Waterkloof, 12 Squadron came into being during December 1939 with Avro Ansons. In May 1940 the squadron moved to Ysterplaat and re-equipped with ex-SAA Junkers Ju-86, but flew back to Germiston for conversion training before moving to Nairobi in late May 1940. From March 1941 the squadron also flew a few Marylands. In late December 1941 the squadron released its Marylands and moved to the Nile Delta were thet received the Boston Mk III. After participating in the Battle of El Alamein and following the asdvance westwards, the squadron then started attacking the Italain Islands from May 1943 before attacking Sicily. In July the squadron moved to Malta and started operating over Italy. By the end of December all the Bostons had gone and the squadron returned to North Africa to convert to the Marauder Mk II. The squadron provided close-support throughout 1944 in Italy until the war ended in May 1945. After ferrying home soldiers in May, the squadron disbanded.

 

The squadron was reformed with Ansons in October 1946, flying anti-tsetse fly spraying missions in Zululand. The squadron disbanded a few years later after briefly flying the Sikorsky S-51. Equipped with the Canberra, the squadron was re-activated at the end of 1963 and continued to fly the jet bombers from Waterkloof until they were finally disbanded once again in November 1990.

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LEARNING TO FLY!

 

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SFOR Colour arm patch, worn in the Balkans Conflict by UN Troops.

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Vietnam WAR Patch!

 

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ATKRON 304

 

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VAQ 209

 

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Australian Army Public Relations Service

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B-36 Patch!

 

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South African Army Medical Service from 1983

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Royal Canadian Air Force, 450 Squadron "Viking". No. 450 squadron was a heavy transport squadron based at CFB Uplands (Ottawa) with a detachment at CFB Edmonton flying the CH-147 Chinook heavy lift helicopter. The Squadron was later split to form a second Chinook squadron at CFB Edmonton, No. 447 Squadron.

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F-111 patch!

 

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RCAF, 434 Squadron

Nickname: Bluenose

Badge: A representation of the schooner "Bluenose"

Motto: In excelsis vincimus (We conquer in the heights)

 

No. 434 Squadron, the last of 13 RCAF bomber squadrons, formed at Tholthorpe on 13 June 1943 and was equipped with Merlin-engined Handley Page Halifax Mk Vs. Two months later to the day it flew its first operation, a bombing raid across the Alps to Milan. It continued to operated these Halifaxes until May 1944 when Mk IIIs replaced them. The Squadron was adopted by the Rotary Club of Halifax and took the nickname "Bluenose" in reference to the common nickname for Nova Scotians. The schooner "Bluenose" is well known for it's fine record. No. 434s base had been Croft from December 1943 onwards and here it began to receive Avro Laneasters (both British-built Mk Is and Canadian-built Mk Xs) in December 1944. After ceasing operations at the end of the war in Europe No. 434 flew back to Canada in June to be part of 'Tiger' Force, but when the Japanese war ended the squadron was disbanded at Dartmouth on 5 September 1945.

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This is the color version of the 4th Fighter Wing "Gaggle" patch for the F-15E Strike Eagle squadrons located at Seymour Johnson AFB, NC. This is worn on the right sleeve of the flight suit by those on the Wing Staff.

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RCAF, 433 Squadron

 

Nickname: Porcupine

Badge: In front of a hurt a porcupine

Motto: Qui s'y frotte s'y pique (Who apposes it gets hurt)

 

No. 433 Squadron formed at Skipton-on-Swale on 25 September 1943, but was without aircraft for nearly two months. When these arrived they were the latest version of the Handley Page Halifax, the Mk III, and No. 433 worked up on them to begin operations on 2 January 1944. For the next year the squadron was continuously operational on Halifaxes over the Continent by night. In January 1945 the Halifaxes were replaced by Avro Lancaster Mk Is, and No. 433 used these for three months, by which time the war in Europe had come to an end. No. 433 was not disbanded but, as part of No. 1 Group, flew trooping flights from Germany and Italy, bringing back troops and POWs. This continued until 15 October 1945, when the squadron disbanded at Skipton-on-Swale.

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B-52!

 

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