Patch, Military
- Object Name:
- Patch, Military
- Object ID:
- 2015.023.24
- Date:
- 1942-1945
- Description:
- Pair of identical military patches, U.S. Army Air Forces, "20". Belonged to Hibbert V. Miles (1915-2001) of Amherst, NH. Insignia of the USAAF 20th Air Force, operating in the China-Burma-India theater during 1944-45. Typical insignia of the USAAF, white star on blue field, with red circle in the middle, flanked by spread gold/yellow wings; superimposed on a dark blue globe with brown latitude and longitude lines, and a white "20" centered above the roundel.
- Material:
- Textile
- Dimensions:
- Dia-3.3 inches
- Provenance:
- Belonged to Master Sergeant Hibbert Vaughn Miles (1915-2001) of Amherst, NH. He was inducted into the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1942. He was an Administrative Specialist serving at several air bases in the U.S., then, in 1944, in the China-Burma-India theater and in the Marianas Islands. He received an honorable discharge in 1945. He operated a service station in Milford, NH, before and after the war.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the family of Hibbert Vaughn Miles
- People:
- Miles, Hibbert V. (1915-2001)
- Subjects:
- World War II, Air forces, Army, Insignia
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