Hayes promoted Hazen to brigadier general and appointed him Chief Signal Officer of the U
It was judged ideal for police and assault units and in the beginning of 1941 small orders were placed for the Carabinieri (military and civilian police)
The album features numerous photographs of German aircraft of the time
and still has a lot of the original plating on the front which is often missing
We have assembled with the tremendous help and contributions of both John Walter and Henning Ritter the complete set which includes the previous Volume One- Makers A through L (now greatly expanded) and the finished Volume Two- makers M through Z all in one massive 656 text with over 2300 illustrations
Original U.S. WWII Hand Drawn 8th Air Force Insignia by Designer Major Ed Winter - Signed MP 34 Hayes promoted Hazen to brigadierOriginal Item: One of a kind. The renowned winged eight, the emblem of the Eighth Air Force, was designed by former Air Force Major Ed Winter, a native of Savannah, Georgia. This framed insignia is the original proposed designed for the 8th Air Force insignia patch, it is drawn to scale and dated April, 1943 which was two months before the insignia was officially approved. This date indicates that this is one of the original prototype versions hand
