A Flying Badge For Those Who Only Made One Way Flights

[RickyD]

Saw the pictures of the WW II flight wings. Reminded me of the WW II flight wings I found last year in a park. But a better description would be WW II Glider Pilot Wings. A hell of a way to make a living.

 

[KyFreeBird]

Great find !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Mackaydon]

One is for sale here for $120 !!
http://www.johnnyg.westhost.com/w21.html
And another being auctioned off right now:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ORIGINAL-WWII-A...496?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aa945c7a0
Don....

 

[RickyD]

Oh my, I never gave my find that much thought, and only posted it because of the flight wings. I never imagined they had any where near that value.

 

[zaxfire69]

That is a piece of History! Good Stuff!

 

[Mackaydon]

Another variety of that pin simply has a "G" (commonly said to represents the GUTS it took to fly those WW II one-way missions) in place of the glider image.

 

[olroy70]

I love it..................

There were 2 bases within 100 miles of me where they were trained!!!!

great find

 

[jf504mp]

Would have been great to talk to the guy that lost it!!!

 

[RFrady]

Awesome. Those badges are really hard to come by. They are available as an aftermarket, but not in original condition like this.

 

[RickyD]

Hey Ray, I'll tell you where I found the pin. It was in the park on the corner of Fairlawn Drive and Bridgeport Way. I used to live across the street from the park. Must have been the first to ever detect it, cause I found a whole lot of silver and wheatleafs there. Unfortunately they've put in a scateboard park in the front area since then. Anyway, just alittle info between us Northwesterners.

 

[LukeTHr]

very cool find. things like that really can help make a connection to the guys of WWII and the heroic actions they were part of. I had a set of wings that belonged to my aunt's first husband. He was a Liason pilot and flew a small slow unarmed single engine 2 seater and was killed on a mission spotting for artillary. I have since given the wings to my sister and she has done up a display with the wings, my aunts wedding pic of her and Holly and a small card telling his story. I did a search for his name and found a website put together by a gentleman that has built a collection of medals of many servicemen with photos of their medals, pics of the soldier if possible and the record of why the medal was awarded. I have looked up the website link if you are interested. His name is Hollister DeMotts. http://www.purplehearts.net/id7.html
http://www.purplehearts.net/demotts02.jpg

 

[Woodland Detectors]

That is really a great find!

 

[Rickiowa2009]

Cool wings

 

[RickyD]

very cool find. things like that really can help make a connection to the guys of WWII and the heroic actions they were part of. I had a set of wings that belonged to my aunt's first husband. He was a Liason pilot and flew a small slow unarmed single engine 2 seater and was killed on a mission spotting for artillary. I have since given the wings to my sister and she has done up a display with the wings, my aunts wedding pic of her and Holly and a small card telling his story. I did a search for his name and found a website put together by a gentleman that has built a collection of medals of many servicemen with photos of their medals, pics of the soldier if possible and the record of why the medal was awarded. I have looked up the website link if you are interested. His name is Hollister DeMotts. http://www.purplehearts.net/id7.html
http://www.purplehearts.net/demotts02.jpg

What a great story. I also lost an uncle during WW II who was a fighter pilot. I put your site on my favorites. Thank you.

 

[black651]

Truly a great find with historic connections! As a former paratrooper myself, I recognized the wings right off. I can't imagine going into combat in a glider - Thank for sharing this find!