Winged Whatzit

[Ohio Jerry]

Thought this may be Chrysler related with the "pentastar" emblem but after looking through 50 pages of Chrysler images I'm having doubts. Came from a cellarhole site along with some wheaties. Look familiar to anyone? Thanks in advance for any input.
Jerry

 

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[Montana Jim]

U.S. Army Air Force Command Pilot I modified this after mojjax responded... then I saw he posted... sorry mojjax!

http://www.ww2wings.com/wings/usaaf/usaafcommandpilot.shtml

Someone posted some curved one's here a few month's ago - I'll look for the post.

Here it is: http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,200399.0.html

 

[Montana Jim]

mojjax? I updated while you posted and I never saw it... you were right - where did your post go?

 

[allen_idaho]

That particular set of flight wings is, in fact, a Command Pilot badge as was identified above. It was created for use by US Army aviators during World War 2 and was adopted and currently in use by the United States Air Force.

To qualify for that particular badge, you must have 15 years as a rated pilot, a permanent award of Senior Pilot, and at least 3000 hours of flight time.

 

[Ohio Jerry]

Thanks Jim and Allen,now i'm excited!! I'm a private pilot so knowing this is a command pilot's set of wings really makes it special. Other than a few wheaties the only other interesting find from this site was a button from a marine uniform..military family maybe?? I think i need to do some more research on this site

 

[oldfireguy]

Is there a makers mark on those wings in the back? Can you tell if it was a pin back or clutch back? I wonder why the wings are bent on it also.

 

[Ohio Jerry]

Is there a makers mark on those wings in the back? Can you tell if it was a pin back or clutch back? I wonder why the wings are bent on it also.

The back is pretty crusty,i've cleaned it enough to find "sterling" but no makers mark. There are the remnants of pins on each side so I think it may have been a pin back and not a clutch back. The curve appears to be even on both sides like it was made that way? Thanks for your interest,Jerry

 

[oldfireguy]

They were not made curved but it sure appears that someone curved them for a purpose. I wonder if someone was wearing it on a hat. Is there any chance there is a mark or makers name above the sterling? Some of these command pilot wings in that condition can bring in a few hundred dollars if it is the right maker. I'm trying to pin point a maker but I can't find anyone who had just sterling marked on the back. It's possible it's postwar but it sure looks WW2 to me.

 

[allen_idaho]

It is definately a WW2 era set of wings. I'm pretty sure it was once a pin back. It was definately curved by the owner for whatever reason because they didn't make any that way.

Here is a pic of a similar type. Raised pinback. Unfortunately, this type did not have any sort of makers mark.

 

[MilitariaCollector]

Someone bent the wings to make a bracelet out of it. The holes havent been drilled yet for the wrist chain. I own a few pilot wings bracelets that were WWII pilots wings with the pin clipped off and the wings bent to fit around someones wrist.

 

[oldfireguy]

You might be right. I didn't think about that. I have a couple of airborne wing bracelets from WW2. That would sure explain the bend.