WWII Military Buffs - Help

[skeezix]

I'm in the process of documenting my Dad's military "career" and need some assistance. Like most WWII veterans, he "did his duty", got out, and returned home and got on with his life. He didn't talk much about his time in the service.

I have some of his stuff from back then - and a bunch of old pictures. Most of the pictures are "front-left" showing his left shoulder. But I found this picture showing his right shoulder.

I've been all over the internet many times and have been unable to locate the one patch below.

Here's some of what I know:

1) He served from 12/41 to 10/45

2( He was assigned to the 3rd Army Air Corps, 692nd Signal Aircraft Warning Reporting Company

3) He was a radar operator in the Ascension Islands

Here's the mystery patch on his left shoulder. He was wearing his "Good Conduct" and "Campaign" ribbons, so the picture must have been taken shortly before or after his discharge.

Anyone ever seen this patch or know where to find it?

 

[DWalt]

SOUTH ATLANTIC FORCES SHOULDER PATCH, WWII - $15.50 : War Dog Militaria

 

[wuluf]

Damn, that took 18 whole minutes...

 

[skeezix]

Thanks, DWalt. Mystery solved!

 

[kenv1950]

I went through the VA. I have alot of his paper work, but patches,metals ,ribbons had disappeared over the years, they sen
t me duplicates of everything. Flight engineer (B-17) The guy with the RayBans

 

[kaaskop49]

I went through the VA. I have alot of his paper work, but patches,metals ,ribbons had disappeared over the years, they sen
t me duplicates of everything. Flight engineer (B-17) The guy with the RayBans

Looks like a bunch of guys that helped us win a war!

Kaaskop49
Shield #5103

 

[kenv1950]

Looks like a bunch of guys that helped us win a war!

Kaaskop49
Shield #5103

Yup, those B-17 guys were flying targets among everyone else. The picture was France 1945
They took their life in their hands just getting into one of those planes
SKEEZIX, sorry about drifting your thread,but everytime one of these threads pop up i can't resist

 

[UncleEd]

Yup, those B-17 guys were flying targets among everyone else. The picture was France 1945
They took their life in their hands just getting into one of those planes
SKEEZIX, sorry about drifting your thread,but everytime one of these threads pop up i can't resist

More thread drift: From what I've read, the B-24 guys had some even worse "picnics," what with the weakness of the wings near the top of the fuselage. And they were a lot harder to fly well.

 

[kimporter]

dang too slow again,

 

[rcnixon]

An acquaintance of mine flew B-17's and he said they called the B-24's the "Magic Carpet" because, flying lower due to the Davis wing, they would absorb all the flak.

Russ

 

[DWalt]

Most may not be aware that in the ETO, at the peak of the action, B-24s outnumbered B-17s.

 

[kaaskop49]

Most may not be aware that in the ETO, at the peak of the action, B-24s outnumbered B-17s.

True. Some 18,000 Liberators were built; 12,000+ B-17s.

Kaaskop49
Shield #5103

 

[Cyrano]

But lots of B-24s went to the Pacific because of their greater range.