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Bullion crests are individually hand made by skilled artisans. The ix tcc would employ the c47 and c53 aircraft along with waco gliders, that helped deliver troops, including paratroops, supplies from food to medical and perform medical transport beginning with the dday invasion through the conclusion of the war. In world war ii, the ix troop carrier command was assigned to the 9th air force based in england. The primary aircraft used by the troop carrier command was the c47 skytrain and later c46 commando aircraft. The mission of ix troop carrier command was air transport for the allied airborne divisions in the european theater of operations. This is a very nice original pin back airborne troop carrier sweetheart pin. Us army military insignia,us army patches,shoulder sleeve. The ix troop carrier command was constituted on the 11th of october 1943, and activated on the 16th of october 1943 in england, where it was assigned to the 9th air force.
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Eleventh air force later alaskan air command 10 october 19445 march 1949 attached to united states air forces in europe 229 july 1948. Griffin militaria my name is daniel griffin, and i have been a collector and dealer in original military antiques and collectibles for over 40 years. English tailor made heavy bullion wire embroidered patch offered in very good condition. The troop carrier command acted as a training organization in the united states during world war ii and later as component groups with reassignment to. Please see pictures to judge the condition of this patch. A patch like this would have been worn on the shoulder sleeve of a dress tunic of an airman from a troop carrier unit. Ix troop carrier command flew its first operational mission in the early morning hours of june 6, 1944 in advance of the nowfamous dday landings on the normandy beaches. Constituted as 440th troop carrier group on 25 may 1943. This is a very nice wwii airborne troop carrier bullion patch. Im guessing with the ribbon bars and the arrangements of campaign stars and an arrow head the vet may have either been a glider pilot or a c47 pilot. Ix troop carrier command transports continued to provide tactical air transport for us ground and air forces until germany surrendered in may 1945. It was comprised of the 50th, 52nd, and 53rd troop carrier wings.
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