April 5, 2024
CHINA BURMA INDIA;;FLYING TIGERS QUADRON PATCH;10 ARMY AIR FORCE PATCH
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THIS PILLOW AND THE TWO PATCHES HAVE BEEN PUT IN A FRAME YEARS AGO;;THEY ARE REAL;;I CAN SEND THE FRAME OR ONLY THE PILLOW AND 2 PATCHES;;UP TO THE BUYER;;I BOUGHT THESE FROM A STEP DAUGHTER OF THE MAN THAT THESE BELONG TOO..ALSO THE CHIT THAT I HAVE LISTED'' These are original WWII era patches. They probably vary in age and manufacturer, there may be minor variations from the one depicted. All in good condition and measure about 2 ¾” in diameter. Tenth Air Force was constituted in February 1942 and activated in February, built up around a nucleus of air force personnel newly arrived from Java and the Philippines, under the command of Maj. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton. It had its headquarters at New Delhi. Components of the air force moved to India over a three month period in 1942. Responsible for creating, operating and safeguarding the India-China Ferry, more commonly known as the Hump airlift, between April and December , 1942, first with its Assam-Burma-China Command until July 16, then the India-China Ferry Command until December , when jurisdiction for the airlift passed to the Air Transport Command. The Tenth Air Force initially provided control of all USAAF combat operations in the China Burma India Theater under theater commander Lt. Gen. Joseph Stillwell. Units based in China were controlled by the China Air Task Force of the
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