U.S. Army Air Force - Balloon Wings
Article about: by Walkwolf Rene, I think any USAAF balloon wings are quite rare........! Cheers Buddy
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Re: U.S. Army Air Force - Balloon Wings
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Walkwolf
Rene, I think any USAAF balloon wings are quite rare........!
Cheers Buddy
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Re: USAAF - Balloon Wings
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reneblacky
Here's a set I have.
I'm pretty sure they are right
Hi Rene; have only seen one set of the WWII cloth balloon wings and they looked exactly like yours! I have a set of the metal wings (snowfllake) but have yet to find the cloth version. Niice find! Hal
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Re: USAAF - Balloon Wings
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Hal
Hi Rene; have only seen one set of the WWII cloth balloon wings and they looked exactly like yours! I have a set of the metal wings (snowfllake) but have yet to find the cloth version. Niice find! Hal
Thanks Hal, good luck on finding one
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Re: U.S. Army Air Force - Balloon Wings
G'day All
I had a friend look at these and he said that these maybe Aussie made?
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Re: U.S. Army Air Force - Balloon Wings
Ballon wings??? Nice.....they have to have something to do with training staff??? Did the US deploy balloons in WW2.... Observation???
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Re: U.S. Army Air Force - Balloon Wings
Hi René. The cloth wings I have are on the same Barathea or Worsted wool
with the black backing like yours has. I believe they are US made.
Searched, but have no cloth Balloon wings as I thought, only 'Technical
Observer', Command Pilot, 'Observer', 'Glider Pilot', and the earlier
version of 'Flight Surgeon'.
I'd post a photo, but for some reason the system won't let me.
Possibly because it says my pic is 2.00MB......... !
Last edited by Walkwolf; 06-04-2012 at 07:52 AM.
Regards,
Steve.
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Re: U.S. Army Air Force - Balloon Wings
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Walkwolf
The cloth wings I have are on the same 'Barathea' or 'worsted' wool,
and I believe they are all US made.
I'd post a photo, but the system wont let me.........!
Cheers Steve I agree,
on the pic upload, use the same "Go Advanced"
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No luck either way.........!
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Re: U.S. Army Air Force - Balloon Wings
Gday Rene,
Just out of interest
This little baby is on ebay Germany for $16.00 AU buy now.
Sorry mate it's the only image.
Cheers Rene
Dave
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Re: U.S. Army Air Force - Balloon Wings
Rene', The Air Corps had a bunch of manned baloons used for coastal defense in the US mainland. There is a hangar right here in Oregon where I have showed my museum several times. Here is a link to the website. Tillamook Air Museum The hangar is amazing even without the baloons. Nice wings by the way.
Thanks
Burt
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