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HI
I HAVE JUST BOUGHT THIS PHOTO OF US AIR GUNNERS,BUT CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHY THEY HAVE BRITISH BREVETS ON.

THANKS

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By: WATTY - 5th January 2004 at 18:40

i have just found a book on badges and insignia of ww11,it says the aerial gunner wing was adopted on the 29 april 1943,so they must have used british ones up to that point,thanks for your replys

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By: Dan Johnson - 5th January 2004 at 15:44

Seems to me these guys might be just transferred in from the RCAF/RAF to the USAAF. I would imagine that they would be like the pilots who wore their RAF wings over one pocket and USAAF wings over the other. As I don’t believe there was a gunner’s patch in the USAAF, it would leave only the RAF gunners patch?

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By: HURRICANE 477 - 4th January 2004 at 20:16

Interesting photo. But I can’t rack my brains about it except, it could be an American attempt at humour possibly????

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By: WATTY - 3rd January 2004 at 16:54

sorry this is the picture

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By: WATTY - 3rd January 2004 at 13:51

sorry it keeps saying the file is too big,i have got my camera on its lowest settings.

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By: WATTY - 3rd January 2004 at 13:40

SORRY I HAVE SET MY CAMERA AT ITS LOWEST SETTINGS,BUT IT KEEPS SAYING THE FILE IS TOO BIG.

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By: Cargomaster - 3rd January 2004 at 13:28

Me neither

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By: viper02 - 3rd January 2004 at 13:21

Sorry Watty,
I didn`t get a photo! Did anyone else?
Steve:(

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