Pilot's Badge - Page 4

dannybou · 11-26-2005, 03:10 PM

1. Yes 1970's to 80's
2. Yes but possibly the 1966 type
3. Correct

matteti · 11-26-2005, 06:51 PM

Thanks for the info Danny.

For my learning, what is the difference between the 1950 and 1966 types for pilots and navigators?

I believe that 1950-type have the smaller blue shield not touching the red star and with a straight top, while the 1966 has the blue shield going higher until the red star and following star contours.

Also, it seems that 1966 are pinback while 1950 are screwback. Is that right?

In that case, my second picture (pilot) is screwback and the blue-shield doesn't touch the star. That's why I assumed it was 1950-type.

(My belief/information are based on what I have observed looking at the pitures on a seller website)

dannybou · 11-26-2005, 09:55 PM

Matt

I had actually missed the screw under your image hence that's why I had wrote "could be". Be being a screwback, then it should be a 1950's as the pinback is the 1966 variation. Appologies for the confusion.

paddywhack · 08-12-2007, 01:05 PM

well picked these up a few years back and not sure if there pilots
wings. I've been told they could be ground crew wings. Any help would be great!

Jeffrey Meffert · 08-12-2007, 07:52 PM

Navigators and bombadiers have bombs, flight engineers have hammer & wrenches or pistons depending upon the era. This style dates from 40's into 50's.
I don't know that ground crew get any sort of wings until possibly some of the excellence awards which have wing-like backgrounds starting in the 60's. But they don't look anything like these

paddywhack · 08-12-2007, 08:33 PM

iv not seen another pair like these either!!! any clue as to what they might be?

***desantnik*** · 08-12-2007, 09:12 PM

I don't have my references handy, though I believe these were pre-"Sniper Pilot" insignia issue.

Jeffrey Meffert · 08-12-2007, 09:45 PM

Original order and cloth version from a uniform of mine

Trigger · 08-13-2007, 03:32 AM

By the looks of it, it is either an unrated 50's pilot wing, or the '49 pilots-wing. The '49 has a wingspan of about 10cm / 4", while as the later unrated 50's is about 1" smaller. Flight-rated engineers had silver colored wings.

Here are mine:

paddywhack · 08-13-2007, 12:36 PM

is unrated as not qualified???good to see there are other of these out there!!!thanks for the info! if you have any more info please post it!!thanks a million!!:thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup

11-26-2005, 09:55 PM	#33
dannybou Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Québec, Canada Posts: 284	Matt I had actually missed the screw under your image hence that's why I had wrote "could be". Be being a screwback, then it should be a 1950's as the pinback is the 1966 variation. Appologies for the confusion. __________________ A collector from Québec!!

08-12-2007, 07:52 PM	#35
Jeffrey Meffert Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas, USA Age: 68 Posts: 640	crossed swords are for pilots Navigators and bombadiers have bombs, flight engineers have hammer & wrenches or pistons depending upon the era. This style dates from 40's into 50's. I don't know that ground crew get any sort of wings until possibly some of the excellence awards which have wing-like backgrounds starting in the 60's. But they don't look anything like these

08-12-2007, 08:33 PM	#36
paddywhack Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: dublin ireland Age: 42 Posts: 66	iv not seen another pair like these either!!! any clue as to what they might be? __________________ "Right ok so apart from the roads,education,sanition, medicine,the wine,the aquaducts, irragation, the public baths,a fresh water system and public order, what have the romans ever done for us?"........ reg from life of brian.

08-13-2007, 12:36 PM	#40
paddywhack Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: dublin ireland Age: 42 Posts: 66	is unrated as not qualified???good to see there are other of these out there!!!thanks for the info! if you have any more info please post it!!thanks a million!!:thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup __________________ "Right ok so apart from the roads,education,sanition, medicine,the wine,the aquaducts, irragation, the public baths,a fresh water system and public order, what have the romans ever done for us?"........ reg from life of brian.

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11-26-2005, 03:10 PM	#31
dannybou Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Québec, Canada Posts: 284	1. Yes 1970's to 80's 2. Yes but possibly the 1966 type 3. Correct

11-26-2005, 06:51 PM	#32
matteti Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 405	Thanks for the info Danny. For my learning, what is the difference between the 1950 and 1966 types for pilots and navigators? I believe that 1950-type have the smaller blue shield not touching the red star and with a straight top, while the 1966 has the blue shield going higher until the red star and following star contours. Also, it seems that 1966 are pinback while 1950 are screwback. Is that right? In that case, my second picture (pilot) is screwback and the blue-shield doesn't touch the star. That's why I assumed it was 1950-type. (My belief/information are based on what I have observed looking at the pitures on a seller website)

08-12-2007, 09:12 PM	#37
*desantnik* Forum Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Eurasia Posts: 2,340	I don't have my references handy, though I believe these were pre-"Sniper Pilot" insignia issue.

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