WW2 Era Swedish Pilot Wing? No Real Clue

[Castle_Keep]

I’ve rustled-up another wing that needs to be identified and dated, if possible.  Thanks again

Patrick 

 

 

 

 

8 minutes ago, Castle_Keep said:

I’ve rustled-up another wing that needs to be identified and dated, if possible.  Thanks again

Patrick 

 

 

 

 

 

[Gunner87]

16 hours ago, Castle_Keep said:

I’ve rustled-up another wing that needs to be identified and dated, if possible.  Thanks again

Patrick 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Patrick.

 

If you're on Facebook these two sites, who have a messenger facility and who are only too happy to offer their expertise, might be worth contacting https://www.facebook.com/ww2wings/ and https://www.facebook.com/rathbonemuseum/

 

I have sought their advice on previous occasions.

 

Gunner 87

[Tonomachi]

It is a WW2 French Air Force officer dress cap badge.  Here is another amongst a grouping of insignia once belonging to Jean Vauzanges, French CFPNA  (Les Centres de Formation du Personnel Navigant en Amerique) pilot who trained in the USA during WW2.

 

 

[Castle_Keep]

29 minutes ago, Gunner87 said:

 

Hi Patrick.

 

If you're on Facebook these two sites, who have a messenger facility and who are only too happy to offer their expertise, might be worth contacting https://www.facebook.com/ww2wings/ and https://www.facebook.com/rathbonemuseum/

 

I have sought their advice on previous occasions.

 

Gunner 87

Thanks Gunner....but I dumped Facebook years ago for ideoligical reasons.  

19 minutes ago, Tonomachi said:

It is a WW2 French Air Force officer dress cap badge.  Here is another amongst a grouping of insignia once belonging to Jean Vauzanges, French CFPNA  (Les Centres de Formation du Personnel Navigant en Amerique) pilot who trained in the USA during WW2.

 

 

Tonomachi - Thanks for identifying the cap badge for me.  I will treasure mine.  That grouping is fascinating.  Thanks for sharing it.  

 

-Patrick

[Gunner87]

28 minutes ago, Castle_Keep said:

Thanks Gunner....but I dumped Facebook years ago for ideoligical reasons.  

As Tonomachi has just said the museum just came back to me and confirmed they are French. 

 

Gunner...

[Castle_Keep]

11 minutes ago, Gunner87 said:

As Tonomachi has just said the museum just came back to me and confirmed they are French. 

 

Gunner...

Thanks Gunner!  

[Castle_Keep]

On 12/12/2023 at 12:29 PM, Castle_Keep said:

Thanks Gunner....but I dumped Facebook years ago for ideoligical reasons.  

Tonomachi - Thanks for identifying the cap badge for me.  I will treasure mine.  That grouping is fascinating.  Thanks for sharing it.  

 

-Patrick

Tonomachi-  In regards to your French pilot grouping…this may be of interest to you:

[Tonomachi]

On 12/13/2023 at 11:00 AM, Castle_Keep said:

Tonomachi-  In regards to your French pilot grouping…this may be of interest to you:

I don't own this grouping but thanks for sharing this information.  What I do own is a related WW2 era French bullion paratrooper wing sewn upon a theater made version of the Free French Forces Training patch.  It came with a pair of these French made DUIs.  I saw the entire grouping before it was placed on consignment with Manion's Auction House.  However missing from this grouping when I won the auction was a USAAC aircrewman flight wing and the soldier's diary which somehow got misplaced.   

[Castle_Keep]

58 minutes ago, Tonomachi said:

I don't own this grouping but thanks for sharing this information.  What I do own is a related WW2 era French bullion paratrooper wing sewn upon a theater made version of the Free French Forces Training patch.  It came with a pair of these French made DUIs.  I saw the entire grouping before it was placed on consignment with Manion's Auction House.  However missing from this grouping when I won the auction was a USAAC aircrewman flight wing and the soldier's diary which somehow got misplaced.   

Thanks for showing me this. I’d never seen a Free French jump wing or DI before.  The attached image was extracted from a previous online auction. Interesting variations.  They apparently sold for about $900.00👍