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by Lee Ragar'GAP

NATTOlIAL HISTORIGAT

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FORE}IORD

once again it is uty pLeasure to prepare the foreword for the work of a valueil eolleague arrd personal frierr,l.

author's current work is the protluct of many hours of serious research into ttre origih dnd use sf unit insigiria within ttre Civil Air Patrol. l{c're specifically, it is the first known attenpt to codify CAP urrits' use of patches.
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Hajor Ragan's personal bachground as a professiorral illustrator and iifelong collector of rniiiiary iirsignia nrakes trim uniqueLy 'dualifietl for this cornpilation. IIis personal dedication and ilesire for aecuracy are evident at first reailing. Given tine, this work sh,rul.d prove as val-tiable a reference as is his earlier "The Collectors Catalog of Civil

Air Patrol Insignia,

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Uirit insigiiia trave beeir i.rith Ciuii Air Patroi aiiiiost froni the b*giiii-riiig. These pieces of priirted 'ir ernbr,liclere,l clottr have serve,l the saiiie purposes irithiii this orgarrization as siniilar irrsignia c'f ttre Arnied F,irces - to provide rinit i'iei'rtiiicatiorr and prornote esprit de corps.
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proiriote coir-r adery arrd quick ideirtif icatioii. Every paich showii iii tiris i& 6 -1-.--:-..---! ---^-!i.Dy riaS beh]-i'rri 1i. Sorrie wiL'e 'leSisiiie(i 1... olie liooK L-- ali ].iiEei:eslilig story !.*r-i..-1 OthIS t7ere a "team eiiOri" by nreinilerS Of fit UItlt. A few 10ei:e F,ei:Soil, "br)rfrlird" froiil Arnied Forces iiisigi'ria. SeveraL we're,iesi.giieci b1'faiiious cartooiiists, such as Col. Zack i'loseiy, CAP, l{iltoti Caiiiff, and the iialt Disiiey Studios. Sorrie weL'e itever adopte.i by tlie uiiii s they represiri .
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Ai1 of tirese patctres were irracie in reiai:ively sniail iiumbers. I'laiiy of ihe cider desigrrs are rro loiiger iii uxistenL'e ii'r thcir origiiial foriii, i:iit ttrr,:ugtr phoiographs aird old drawiiigs have beet: prese'r've'ci. Severai ai'e iiiustrated as dra-wiiigs iii this b*ok. Ail to,: itraiiy t ave di s,ippviri-11 f oi e'rer, so it is i"-i-th this irr iniiicl ttrat ttre author, aic,rrg irittr severai r,-iiei. Lrvr.r" irrr Pati:o1 neirrbers arrti historians, trds attempted tci recoril i,,,i.s of the urrit ii:sigiiia irr this book. it is hopeci ttrat ihis wiil be riie f i'r'st of severai v,:luiires that wiii i'ecoi:d the iriiages or' these uiii i
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Sta'ue wirrg patches aiid regioii tabs, rrt'i-i'r oii tlie ief t slioiiider, as weil as the oI.i national siroirider patches have beeir i'i,:lj ited iiiirposely iroil rnis i.rorfji. Thef are docunreiited irr THE cotlEcToRs CATAL0G cP clvit AiR PATROL It'iSIGNIA i942-1985, wliicl'r is avaiiabie through the Civii Aii: Patr,ii Bookstore at t'latioiiai Headquarters. Scriie regioii shoulder'
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not f ainiliar wittr Civil Air Patrol practice of unit 'lesignatiorr, that in ttre case of nuiiibered groups, ttre word "Group" precedes the unit nuinnber, i.e. GrouF' 7. This is the reverse of the Armed Forces practice, wtrich piaces the number f irst an,:l the title secoir,l, i . e. 8th Air Force. The five digit nunibers oi1 soine patches are "charter" nuirbers. Each urrit iii Civil Air Patrol tras a five,ligit code number assigiieil to ii, which desigi-rates the wing or regioii, with ttre last three ctigits,iesignatirig the unit withir-r the wiiig. Ttris charter number may or niay not be used in 'uhe "rraioe" designatioir of a unit. For exatnple, the charter number for Group 15, Texas llirrg, is 4219?. Texas was the f orty-second wing, alphabetically, when ctrarter irunibe'r's were f irst assigned, and Group 16 is unit rrurrber 197 withiir ttre Texas 'rliiig. Tlr rrame "Group 16" rias assigne{l by the Texas lling Heatlquart.ers.

same rnanner as Ariirecl Forces ui'rits, or alptrabeticaiGroup tlesignatioi'Is may fa1l irrto either catagory. Ttre "G" section have several "Group" patches, but ottrer group patehes wili be scattered throughout thre book. i strould explairr to those readers uiro

Civil Air Patrol uriits are orgarrized at ttre local ievel niuch irr the as Nati'rrral Guard urrits. It is very rare for a sguadroii or fiight to i*ove froin one towrr to another, but a group heaiiquarters can be irroved to arry ciiy or torn within that group's geographicai boui'rdaries.
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Sonie rnotferri Civil Air Patrol units have adoptecl patctr desigrrs f roiii li':rlil i{ar Tvro active duty C. A. P. urrits, aii,i thus establisli a liirk or "Lineage" with tirose wartime units. Civil Air Patrol lias rro f srtnal prograiTr to pass oir lii-reage tnd h'rirors fr,rrn an old urrit to a rrcrilerrr unitf as is practiced iii the U. S. Air Force arrd the U. S. Arnry. However, a Civil Air Patrol urrit may adopt. with ihe l{irig Coirrrnarrder's approval, the irrsignia of arrother C. A. P. uirit which preceded it in tlie same iocai area aiiil, irr this urrof f iciai vay. perpetuaie tlie origirral ui-rit.

As wiitr arry book of tliis type, i'nistakes are goii'ig to occur . if you inci aii eri:or, or can verify arrf rinit clesignation that coiitains a questioi-r niark (? ) , please coiitac-t ine at ttre a'i,iress giveii lielow.
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If you kiiow of aiiy Civil Air Patrol uiiit irrsignia n,;t corrtairred ii'i this book, please serirl the author a good ciuality pliotocopy of that pai:ch. If you prefer, I wiil buy examples of Civii iir Patrol urrit patc'hes, if you will notify nie of tire price. i woirl.d lihe to Lave at ieasi two hundretl aitclitionai patches to inciu'1e iii Velume Ii of this series , as well as to correct any nristakes made iii ttris f irst vcrlunie. f sii'rcerely irope each orre of you wtro rea'ls ttris book wiil errjoy ancl appreciate tire colorful history of Civil Air Patrol, represented by tlie
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This irroiiograpir is the result of years of collecting Civii Air patroi insigiiia anil the combirreri ef forts of several f irre people -vrho sharecl uiiit iiatches with the aiithc.'r. l'lo book like this cai-r be a "olieiiaii-show.rr lfy apolorlies to tliose who nay liave coiitribiited if i eittrer f or:got their iiaiiies or trave over-looked ttreiir iii ttrese ackrroi'ii edgrueiiis . I'ty thairks go io ai 1 of You . First ancl f oreiriost, ily alrpt-eciation inusi gc to S/l{ Cari I{. Sortle, Jr. , of the i'iassachusetts Hiiig. Cari was f ir-st iii Civil Air Patroi bach irr the 1940's, ai:rd recently re joirred af ter beirig away f roiii ttre organizatioii f or about thirty years. Duriiig the past t-*o years, Car 1 tras writterr to every Civil Air Patrol unit iti the courrtry in hopes of u-oiiectiiig i:atches f roiri each uiiit that liad ,:ire. During tl're researu-li lihase c,f itris book, Cai:l kept ine suppiied wittr ptrotocopies of ail ttre C.:;ii Air Pairoi unit patu-hes he had collected. Over haii of the !,nicires tiicturetl irr this book were sirppiied by hii'n. Tharrks, f rienci !

Col. Lester E. HoFper, CAP i{atiorial Historiai'r Co1. Louisa S. i'Iorse, CAP I'iational Hisior:ical
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??Lsl Group New Jersey Hlng 22Ist Fleld luress ( ? ) New Jersey I'llng 286th Conposlte Sguadron l1-1lnols l{Ing 3991h Conposlte Squadron Connectlcut l,llng 405th (Unldentlfled)

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Abllene Composlte Squadron Texas Ulng Accretion Senlor Squadron 11-7 ltlehlgan l,Ilng A1r Search And Rescue (Unldenttfled) Alhrquerque Senior Squadron 2 New Mexlco tJlng Alarnogordo Conposlte Sqrladron New llexlco Wlng Aleonbtry Cadet Squadron Overseas Unlt, Unlted Klngdom Anella Earhart Comp,oslte fuuadron New York l{lng Antelope Valley Cadet Squadron 1J Callfornla lilng Arvada Cadet Squadron Colorado lrJlng
Ashland "59 (Unfaentifled ) Nebacaska tllng Atlanta Senior Squadron 1 Georgia lilng Augusta Composlte Squadron Vlrgtnia l{lng Bayamon Hlgh School- Cadet Sqd. 3 Puerto Rlco l{lng Seyanron Hlgh School Cadet Sqd.. ll Puerto Rlco l{1ng Sayanon Hlgh School Cad.et Sqd. 5 Puerto Rlco Ulng

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Bel.lors Conposlte Squadron ilawall Wtng Bessener Cornposlte Squadron Alabana l{lng Blrchwood Composlte Squadron Colorado Hlng Blacksheep Senlor Squadron Colorado lllng Snoonflel"d Conposlte Squadron Colorado l{lng
Burbank Angle Cadet Squadron 6l Callfornla i{lng SutLer Senlor Squadron 712 Pennsylvania Ulng Cable Cornposlte Squadron 25 Callfornla l,Ilng Callfornla Wlng Fllght Dcarnlner Canp Curtls Gulld Composlte Squadron Massachusetts lflng Central lllaml Cadet Squadron Florlda lflng

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Chllltcothe Cadet Squadron 1401 0h1o lrtlng Cltadel Conposlte Squadron South Carollna Ulng Clvll Alr Patrol Italy (0verseas unlt) Clvl1 Alr Patrol 198+ 0lymplcs Callfornla l{lng

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Clover Fle1d. Composlte Squadron J1 Callfornta Wlng Coastal Patrol Sase 1 (a.X.a. lst Fatrol Force) Wff Coastal Patro1 Base 2 Rehoboth, Delaware WIIII Coastal Patrol Base J (l,x.l. :Fd Task Force) Wrff Coastal Patrol Base 5 FJ-ager Beach, Florld.a IftIII

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9 G::ande Isle, loulstana I{WII Patrol Base 10 Seaunont, Texas I{WII Coastal Patrol Base 11 Pascagoula, Mlsslsstppl I*JII Coastal Patrol Base 12 Brownsvll1e, Texas WWII
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Coastal Patrol Base Coastal Patrol Base

14 Panama Clty, Florld"a WIIII 17 Suffolk, Ner York mII CoastaL Patrol Base 18 Falrnouth, Iviassachusetts WWII
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Eagle ConposLte Squadron Oklahona Wlng Sprlngs Squadron Texas lllng Composlte Squadron 601 Pennsylvanla l,Ilng Contlnental lvlllltary Instltute Crusader Conposlte Squad.ron Texas lllng

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Dan Kenny Composlte Squadron 201 Arlzona l{lng DeIl Valley Cornposlte Sqnadron Texas I'llng Dlanond Bar Cadet tr.llght 9l Callfornla lllng Dover Bay Cadet Squadron 1107 0h1o l{lng Eagle Senlor Squa.dron !5 Callfornla ulng Fa"st Bank Conpoolte Squadron Ioulslana I'Ilng Elnerdorf Cadet Squadron Alaska l{lng Energency Servlces Dlsaster Agency fIllnols Hlng El Flonte Senlor Squadron 21 Callfornla Ulng

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El Paso Cornposlte Sqr:adron Texas l{lng Falcon Cadet Sqr.radron (lra desfgn) New llampshlre l.llng
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Falcon Conposlte Squadron 305 Arlzona l,Ilng Falcon Cornposite Squadron Mlssourl t{1ng Falcon Senlor Squadron 40 Callfornla tJlng Falcon Squadron New York l{lng Farmlngton Squadron Mtchlgan lflng Flagstaff Conposlte Squadron 201 Arlzona l,Ilng

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Flying Castle Composlte Squadron 0klahona l,Jlng Foothlll Cornposlte Squadron 8J Callfornia l{lng

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Yukon Conposlte Squadron A3-aska Wlng General Ca^rl A. Spaatz Squadron Pennsylvanla t{1n6 Gold.sboro Conposlte Squadron North Carollna Ulng Goodyear Composlte Squadron Arlzona l{ing Green Rlver Composlte Squadron Washlnglon Wing Green Valley Composlte Sqr.radron West Vlrglnla Ulng Greenwlch Cadet Squadron Drlll team (t) Wtng Group One 0h1o l,Ilng Group One Sea^rch and Rescue Task Force Californla l,Ilng

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Group Two lllssourl Wlng Group Three Ivilnnesota l,llng Group Three SAR Onegon lllng Group Flve Kentucky l,Ilng Group Seven ll1lnols }ilng Group Group Group Group Group Group

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Group Nlneteen Texas tr{lng Croup Twentythree Callfornla l,Ilng Group

Thlrty I'llchlgan l,llng Henlersonville Composlte Squadron North Carollna i,Ilng

Irdependence Cadet Squadron l,l1chlgan Ulng Grande Conposlte Sqr.radron l\rerto Rlco lllng Janestown Group New York Wlng Jersey Vlllage Hlgh School Cadet Squadron Texas l{lng

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Iakes Reglon Composlte Squadron New ilannpshlre }ilng Iancaster Squadron 39 Callfornla Wlng tatanaflake Worth Squadron tr'lorida Wlng Iap,eer Squadron l.llehlgan Wlng Ias Ctrrces Cornposlte Squadron New llexlco lling

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Iong Beach Group Seven Callfornla Ulng Ios Alanos Conpostte Squadron New Mexlco lllng Ios Angeles Cadet Squadron 138 Callfornla Wlng

Ioulslana !{lng Energency Servlces

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Maryknoll Squadron Harall l{lng Maxwell A.F.B. Conposlte Squadron Alabana Ulng l'lercer County Cornposlte Sqr:adron Hest Vlrglnle l{lng i'{cChord (untdenttfled) Mldland. Cornposl.te Squadron Texas Lilng
McCaney Composlte Squa.dron McCaney Composlte Squadron

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(smaIl patch) Texas Ulng (targe patch) Texas tJlng Mld.-Paclflc Institute Cadet Sguadron tlawall i{lng
l,llLwaukee Conrposite Squadron 5 I'Ilsconsln t{lng Mllwarrkee Energency Servlces Squadron I'llsconsln t{lng lllsawa Cad.et Squadron Japan l{lsawa Cadet Squadron (baseball cap tape) Jalnn Irlontgornery Senior Squadron Maryland Wlng Moses Iake Conposlte Squadron i{ashlngton hJlng

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Mount Ralner Senlor Squadron Wasblngton l{lng llount Vernon Squadron 0h1o Ulng Natlonal Search And Rescue Competltlon 1986 New Snltlan Cadet Squadron Connectlcut l{lng New Jersey Hlng pocket patch

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Ne* l4exlco l,llng Ranger Tab New Mexlco lillng Ranger Patch Nlagara FaL1s Coryroslte Squadron 1 New York i,llng Northeast Phlladelphla Composlte Sqd.. t0lr Pennsylvanla l{lng Northeast Reglon pocket patch Northeast Reglon Search And. Rescue Drerclse 1982 North Central Reglon (obsolete shoulder patch)

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North Central Va11ey Group 25 Callfornla l{lng Northern Kentucky Conposlte Squadron Kentucky l{lng New York Search ard Rescue lbsk Force New York lflng 0dessa Conrposlte Squadron Texas tllng Odessa Cornposlte Sguadron (beret flash) Texas tllng
0klnawa Cadet Sqrradron ( rourxt patch) Oklnana Cad.et Squadron ( shleld) 0lyrnpla Conposlte Squadron l{ashlngton l{lng FaLatlne Cornposlte Squadron ll1lnols Ulng Palne Fleld Composlte Squadron i{ashlngton }{lng Faln Sprtngs Squadron 11 Callfornla I'Ilng
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Peorla Cadet Squadron l11lnols t{lng Phlladelphla Cadet Squadron 102 Pennsylvanla Wlng Plnelard Conposlte Squadron New Jersey illne Plnellas Senlor Squadron Florlda I'Ilng

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Qulncy Conposlte Squadron Massachusetts Wlng Hamstlen Cadet Sqrradron RarnstLen A1r Base Germany
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Polnt Pleasant Conposlte Squadron West Virglnla l{lng Polarls Group Alaska (r) tlfns Polaris Squadron Alaska (f) wfng

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Randolph Cornposlte Squad.ron North Carollna l{lng Reno Conposlte Squadron Nevad.a Wlng

Rlver Park Squadron l11lno1s (f) Wing Rockland County Group New York Wlng

Saddleback Composlte Squadron 58 Callfornla Hlng San AntonLo Composlte Squadron Texas i{lng San Polnt Cadet Sqr:adron tJashington Wlng San Franclsco Cadet Squadron 85 Callfornia Wlng San tr'ernando Senlor Squadron lJ Callfornla Hlng Sanford-Sprlngdale Composlte Squadron llalne l{lng San-VaI z2 (Untdentlfled)

Page

38

Page

J) l+0

Search And Rescue GrounC Team Proflclency I'laryland Wlng Seacoast Squadron New Hampshlre lllng Selfridge Coraposlte Squadron 3-5 Mlchlgan l{lng Sequatchle Va11ey Squadron Tennessee Wlng

Page

Valley Composlte Squadron Washlngton !'Ilng Shasta Comlnsite Squadron Callfornla l,Ilng Shelbyvl11e Composlte Squadron Indlana Wlng Singlng Rlver Conposlte Squadron trtlsslsslppl Hlne South Hlll-s Composlte Squa"dron 61J PennsyJ.vanla !{lng South Iong Beach Senlor Squadron 1J0 Callfornla Ulng
Sequlrn

Fage

41

South Macomb Cadet Squadron l-2 Mlehlgan Ulng Southern Frontler Llaison Patrol lfl,.Ill Southwest Reglon (pocket patch, 1st destgn) Southwest Reglon (pocket patcli, 2nd deslgn) Southwest Reglon Search and ltescue Cornpetltion 1985 Southwest Reglon Search and Rescue Conrpetltlon 1986

Page

42

St. Iouis

Squadron 7 i'ilssouri Wlng Stephen Ml11s Composlte Squadron Washlngton Wlng Stratford Eagles Composlte Squadron Connectlcut Wing Suffolk Sqr:adron J New York (f ) Wfng Suncoast Senlor Squadron Florida Wing Sussex t.Iarren Composlte Squadron (tan) New Jersey L{lng

Page

43

Tactlcal and Technlcal Senlor Sqd.

(Nassau

Tahoe-llrrckee Composite Squadron Nevada Wlng Tawas Bay Senlor SAII Squadron 10-J I'llehlgan lilng The Blrd Sanctuary (Unldentifled) Three Rlvers Conposlte Squad.ron 602 Pennsylvanla 'dlng

Sr,

Sqd.

) NY Wlng

Page

44

Thunderblrd, Conrposite Squadron New l'lexlco Wlng Thunderblrd Squadron 4 New Mexlco Wlng Thurderbolt Squadron Massachusetts l,Ilng Thunderbolt Composlte Squadron Texas I'Ilng Tblad First Fl1ght Composlte Squadron North Caro3.ona t{lng Tll Cltles Conposl-te Sqnadron Washln6ton Hlng
.1X

CONTENTS

Paee 45

1?1 County Squadron l.llssourl Wlng I\rcson Squadron Arlzona }Jlng Trrln Clty Composlte Squadron Mlssourl Ulng Thln Iakes Composlte Squadron Arkansas Wlng Utlca Conposlte Squadron New York Ulng I{ald"o F. Field Cornposlte Squadron 18 Callfornla !{lng

Fage 45

l{ashlngton }flng Athl-etlc Jacket Patch Waukesha Cornposlte Squadron lJlsconsln lJlng Weber Ftlnuteman Squadron Utah Wing Wenathee Conrposlte Squadron Washlnglon l,Ilng

I{est Bay Composlte Squadron 192 Callfornla }llng

West Boward- Composlte Squadron l-lorlda l.llng Westchester Group (tst Aestgn) New lork l{lng Westchester Group (end destgn) New York lllng l{estchester Group (3ra desfgn) New lork lilng Westchester Group Headquarters Staff Tab New York Wlng I,Iestchester Group Cadets New York llllng

Paee 47

Page 48

}Iest Orange Cornposlte Squadron Florlda Wlng

Westover sqnadron (blestover A.F.B. ) tuassachusetts Wing Itest Rlchmond Cadet Squadron Vlrglnla l{lng }Iheeler Conposlte Sqrndron (Hheeler A.F.3. ) llawall lllng I{lchlta Fal-l-s Cornposlte Squadron Te:cas $lng

Page ll9

l{orchester Cadet Squadron }'lassachusetts l'Ilng Yakima Composlte Sguadron Washlngton l{lng

22nd Tow Target Sq'radrcn i.II.lrl

lrd

SAli

iionposlte Squadrc'n

North Caroiina Itllng

it-r'r'r-ir

I rr r ', r

?6trr caaet squadron (Hictam mB) Hawall Wlng

Squadron,

(nrgnt) ffftrr Search and Rescue

Illlnols

l'Ilng

22Lsl Group New Jersey ltJing

Z?IsL Fleld Uess (?) New Jersey l,llng

286Lh Composlte Squadron Illlnols Wlng

3991h Comtrnslte Squadron

Connectlcut l{1ng

405th

It ls not known 1f thls lntch ls for a squadron or a group, nor to what wLng thls unlt was
asslgned.

6t6tn Composite

(r)

Squadron

urns

901st Support Squadron

(t)

wrns

Abl]ene Conposlte
Squadron Texas 'ding

Accretlon Senlor Sguadron 11-7

li{iciri.gar l{i.ng

Albuquerque Senl-or Sqd. New l'lexico i'Iing

A1r Search and Rescue

patch is for a squadron or a group, nor to what wlng thls unlt was
asslgned. (Hfght

It ls not

known

if thls

) llrnogordo

Composlte Squad.ron New Mexlco Ulng

Alconbrrry Cadet Squadron Overseas Unit, Unlted Kingdon

Amella Ea.rha.rt Conposlte Squadron. New York l{lng

Arvada Ca.det Sqtradron Colorado Hlng

Antelope Va11ey Cadet Squadron

15

Callfornla

l{1ng

r%
Ashl.and '69 Nebraska L{lng is not known lf thls is a commenoratlve Patch.

Atlanta Senior Squadron 1 a unl.t ptch

Georgla 't{lng

It or

Augusta Composite

Vlrginia

Squadron Hlng

liayanon High School Cadet Squadron l

Puerto Rlco l{lng

tsayanon Hlgh School Cadet Squadron 4

Puerto Rlco l{lng

Bayanon lllgh School Ca.det Sqr:adron 6 Puerto Rlco I'Ilng

Bellows Composite Squadron Hawali l,Ilng

Bessemer Composlte SquaCron, Alabaina

lilng

lliacksheep Senlor Squadrcri Colorado Wl-ng

Blrchwood- Composite Squadron

Colorado l{lng

(nfgirt

) Broonfleld.

Squadron

Colorado }flng

Burbank Angel Cadet Sqd.

Callfornla lllng

Butler Senior Squadron 712

Pennsylvanla Wlng

ilab1e Cornposite Squadron 25

Callfornla

Caiifornia Ulng Fheht E*anlner

Wlng

Lamp

!b.ssachusetts Wlng

Curtle

Gu11d Comp. Squadron

Central lqlanl

lllorlda lllng

Cadet Squadron

Ch1Lil<:oihe Cadet Squadron

0h1o I'Ilng
Chesapeake Conposlte sqci" Maryland Wing

1401

Cltadel

South Carolina lllng

Composlte Squadron

rlLvll Air Patrol, Italy Patch u.sed by a Cadet Squadron at an Anerlca,n nl1ltary lnstallatlon

in ltaly.

(l.ert) crvr:. Alr Patrol 198t1

01ynp1cs. Conuenoratlve

1ntch, Callfornla

W1ng.

-'.liover Field Composlte Sqd.

FPJ
2

Callfornta

51

!,llng

ioastal Patrol Base 1 (A.K.A lst Patrol F'orce) Atlantlc Clty, New
Jetrsey.

t942-t*3

(left Center) Coastal Patro1 Base Rehoboth, Delaware. I942-t943 (tptt

Bottorn) Coastal Fatro] Ease l (.e,.x.1,. :lrd. Task Force) Iatanar. Florlda, L942-tW3. See latanal lake Worth Cad.et Sqd.. Florlda lftng patch.

(nfght Botton) Coastal Patrol Base 5 Flager Beach Florlda. L*?-I9LI3

qr\
.\l

{>/

to

loasial Patrol Base 9 Grard.e isle, Ioulslana r942-1943

CoastaL Patrol Base Beaunont, Texas

l"t)

L*2,19+3

Coastal Patroi Base 11 Pascagoula, it,l-s;issippl 1942-194'

Coastal Patrol Base 12 Brownsvllle, Texas L*2-L943

il

4t

<r s:/

-\+.

Coastal Patrol Base

Panara Clty, 1942-1943

l'Iorlda

14

Suffolk, New lork

L?+z-Lg4j

Coastal Patrol Base

17

Coastal Patrr:l iJa.se 18 Falnouth, tbssachusetts

1942-1943

An unldentlfted patch deslgn from one of the I{WII Coastal Patrol Bases.

t2

Cornrnanche

Eagle Comp. Squaciron 0klahona l{ing

Connanche Springs Squadron Texas l{ing

Contlnental
No

other infornatlon avatlable

l{illtary Instltute

Composite Sq',-radron 501 r'qnri.sylvania Wlng

kusader

CornposS-te Squadron

Texas Wing

r3

Fornerly Flagstaff Conp. Sqd. 201

Arlzona Wlng

Dan Kenny Cornposlte Squadron 201 Second Deslgn

Dell Valley Conlnsite

Texas Ulng

Sqd.

I
iilamond"

Callfornla litng

Bar Cadet F1lght

Dover tsay Cadet Squadron 1107 0h1o t{lng

(lert) rbgte senlor

Callfornla

Sguadron Ulng

t4

East Bank Cornposlte Squadron Loulslana l{lng

lrihnerdorf Cad.et Squadron Ai.aska l{lng

Energency Servlces Dlsaster Agency A State of llllnols trntch worn by quallfled Civil Alr Patrol persornel

El l{onte Senlor Squadron Callfornla Ulng

2L

ln the l1llnols

t{1n9.

E1 Pa*so Conposlte Squadron Texas Wlng

Falcon Cadet Squadron (3a aesrsn) formerly Iakes Reglon Cadet liquadron
New llanpshlre Ulng

t5

.-ra..trt.....sl_,t/\

i,Ji,ll:;'iir'l'1

w4

#
i,'alcon Conposite Sqd. 305

Arlzona lllng

Falcon Composite Sqd. I'ttssourl l{ing

ffi /
\-4
I'aicon Senlor Sqnadron
4C

3t3?e

Callfornia

l.llng

Falcon Squadron New York l{lng

!'arnlngton Sqr.adron I'llchlgan l{lng

Flagstaff

( fst design, later to becorne Dan

Kenny Comp, Sq.d. ) Arlzona l{lng

Conposlte Squadron 201

r6

Flying Cast1e Conlnsite

Oklahona tltng

Squadron

Foothlll Cr:mposite Sqd.. 8J Callfernia l{lng

Ft.

Yukon Composlte Sqd. Alaska iding

General Carl A. Spaa,tz Sqd. Penrsylvania Ulng

(rcrt)

Goldsboro Composlte Squa.dron North Carollna l{lng

t7

Goodyear Comtrnsite Sqd. Arizona }flng

Green Rlver Conp, Sqd. tJashlngton Wlng

Green Va11ey Cornposlte SqC.

( tst deslgn, later becane

!{est Vlrglnla l{lng

Greenwleh Cadet Squadron

lYiercer County Comp. Sq.d. )

Drll1

(r)

Tean wrns

Group One 0h1o l{lng

Group One Search ard. Rescue Task Force

Callfornla
r8

Wlng

Group Two IliLssol.:r:i WJ ng

Group Three Headquarters l'lirunesola Hing

Group Five Kentucky b{lng

Ar.rard.ed

Group TLrree S.AR a.fter 10 search and

rescue nlssions. 0regon lllng (nreht

C,roup Seven,
)

I11lnols

Wlng

Group Seven Ohto Wing

Group Seven

(varlatton)

Ohlo

Wlng

Group 12 Wlsconsln Wlng

Group Seven Texas 'v{irrg

(rcrt)

Prototype patch' otfly 2 rere made.

Group 15 Texas lflng

ffi

(nreht)
Group 17 ltLchlgan

20

Group

Callfornla

2l

"He11cats"
l,{lng

Group 19 lexas i{lng

Mlchlgan

Group )o
ttJlng

Group 30

(prototype patch deslgn, or&y 2 were

It'd.chlgan Wlng

rnade. )

(nrelrt) Hendersonvllle Composlte Squadron

("

Blacksheep

North Carollna Wlng

")

2l

.I i linois Wing. A proposed. wlng shoulder patch that was not a,rloPted. I'Ey have -men ursed as a pocket patch,

Ind.ep,erdence Cadet Sqd. Iilchigan lJing

lsla

Grande Conposlte Squadron

Puerto Rlco Wlng

Janestown Group New York l{lng

(lcrt)
Jersey Vlllage Hlgh School
Cadet Squadron Texas t{lng

Ken

osha ComPoslte Squadron

K.I.

{rtying

i,llsconsln

Bl-oodhound Sqd. ) Wing

Sawyer A.F.B. Squadron lvr-lcirigan hling

Knoxvtlle Senlor Sqd,

One

K.I. SawYer A,F.B. Sqd. Grouncl Team Patch. (mich. I{lng) An olo Emergency Services with yellow background,

Tennessee l{i-ng

Kona Conlnslte Squadron

Lafayette Squadron Ioulsiana lllng

llawall

Wlng

23

lakes iieglan Composite

New Hampshlre Wing

Sqd.

lancaster Squadron

Callfornla

39

lrllng

tatanafla"ke Worth Cadet liqci. illorlda l{lng (See Coastal- Patrol Base ? patch)

correct

Identlftcatlon
)

Lapeer Squadron lvdchigan Wlng

rnay

not be totally

(rcrt) u"
New

Curces Conposlte
Squadron Irtexlco l,Ilng

24

Iewls and Clark Cadet Squadron

'-.

.-:::-l:-ll---,:-

(U.S. Arnry Avlation SchooL dlstlnctlve insignla)

Crest

rxis and Clark

11.l1nots

Illlnols

Wlng

Cadet sq'i

l,l1ng

"

Licking County Cornposlte Sqo.

Ohlo Wlng

100J

Levittown Cad-et Sqi:adron Pennsylvania Wing

10L

(rft) "tlttleton" It ls not known lf this patch ls for a squadron or a group, nor to what wlng thls unlt ls asslgned.

25

Iong Beach Group Seven Oa.llfornia lflng

-i,os Alanos Conpostte Sqd. New Ivtexlco l{lng

i.o* Angeles Cadet Squadron 138 Ca,llfornla }Jlng

loulslana lflng Energency Servlces

#ffib'
#'*-rlll, Y;, \
Lubbock Composlte Squadron Texas Wlng
r"***h;iiilJ

ltanlstee Composlte I'Ught 1?-5 Mlchlgan lJlng

26

l'laryknoil Squadron ilawaii hllng

llaxwelI A.F.B, 0omp. Sguadran Alabama king

liercer County Corup. Squadron Znd deslgn, fornerly Green {alley Composlte Squadron West Virglnla l{lng
l,lcChord

It ls not known lf thls ptch ls for a squadron or a group, nor to what wlng thls unlt ls asslgneC.
(rcrt
Thls
Iqldland Conposlte Squadron
deslgn was not adopted by the unlt, 0n1y two trntches were
)

that

ls a prototype

Texas Wlng

made.

2.7

IvlcCamey

Composlte Squadron Texas L{lng

at left was worn on the right breast or rlght shoul-der. The large lntch below llea.sures 7+, X LO lnches and vas for wear on the back of fllght jackets.
The patch

(nrsht

I'iid-Paclflc Instltute Hawall tllng

Squadron

Cadet

?8

lli-|waukee Composlte Sqcl, (

*.isccns!n

l,l.1ng

%
l{llwaukee Energency Servlces l{lsconsln I'Ilng
Sqd".

Mlsawa Cad.et Sguadron JaPan Mlsawa Cadet Squadron

JaPan

Tab worn on baseball caps.

or fatlgue

Ivlontgomery

Senlor Sqd.

it{aryland Wlng

Iloses lake Composlte Squadron Washlngton I'Ilng

29

l4ount Ralner Senior

Sq'.radrr'-rn

llashington l{lng

lYrount Vernon Squadron

0h1o lilng

Natlonal Search and Rescue Conpetltlon 1986

New

Bnltlan Cad.et fuuadron Connectlcut lllng

(i.ert)
New

Jersey Wlng p,ocket

ptch

30

Ranger tab - worn by Ground Team personnel of New Mexico I^/in-;-from 1-976 to L979. Red border, ye11ow background, white letters. Worn above the Nll Wing patch on all

uniform combinations except utilities,

flight clothing.

New Ylexieo i{lng Ranger Patch ernd Tab

Ranser Qualification Patch - l{orn by Nll Ground Teams on ot 1976 to L979. Five members Ranger School staff rvere militarY Paraof the Nli i/ing chutists, hence the ljumPing frogs" seven-color patch.

3t

Niagara

l,'ails
New

ComPoslte Sqd.

York Wlng Norlheast Philadelphla Conposlte

Sqr.radron 104

Pennsylvania i{ing

Northeast Region (pocket patch)

Northeast Heglon Search arxl Rescue Exerclse 1982

(rctt)

North Central Rcglon Used as a should.er 1ntch, obsoLete.

blrt

now

3Z

Northern Kentucky Conp, Kentucky l,Iing North Central Valley Group

Sgd ,

Callfornla

2J

i,{lng

New

York Search and Rescue Task

Force
New

York Wlng

Odessa Conposlte Squadron Te:as l,llng

(rert)
Od.essa Composlte Squadron Gror:nd Team Flash. l,lorn on orange berets. No longer ln usg.

35

{)ki na,"r. Cadet Squadron i. f'1r s i. overseas eharter'*'.1

Oklnawa Cadet squadl'on

.^rr1"i'

".'r'

Olympia Composite Sqd. Washlngton lrllng

Palatine Cornposite Squadron

Illincls

Wlng

Paine Fleld Composlte Squadron l,lashlngton l{lng

Paln Sprlngs Squadron 1l

Callfornta l{lng 34

Pegasus Cadet Squa.dron Texas Wing

Pennsylvania Ranger School patch and staff tab Pennsylvanla Wlng

Peorla Cadet Squadron

Ilitnois

I'Iing

.\

Phllacielphla Cadet Sqd.. L02

Pennsylvanla Wlng

Plneland Conposlte Sqd. Ner Jersey lrllng

Plnellas Senior Squadron

Florid.a Ulng

35

vnlnt Pleasant ConPoslte sqd' ,rest Vi.rglnia t'Ilng

Polarls
Alaska

(:) rine

Group

Polarls
Alaska

(r)

Squadron wrne

[iulncy Cornlnslte Squadron

Ftassachusetts I'Ilng

(rert)
Rarnstlen Cadet Squadron Ranstlen AJ.r 3ase, l'lest Gernrany

tta-ndolph Composlte Sqii..

North Carolina l{lng

iteno Conposlte Sqd. Nevada Ulng

ROCI{ TAND COUI'ITY

R()U P

River Park

IlLlnols (:)

Squa.dron

wrne

Rockland County Group New York Wlng

Sarldlebaek Comp. Sqd.. 58

Callfornla

Wlng

San Antonlo Conposlte Sqd. Texas i{1ng

37

Sand

i,lashlngton tdlng

Polnt Cadet Squadron

San h-rancisco Cadet Sqd" 86 Callfornla l.Ilng

,ianf

ord-Strrlngvale

Cornpos

lte

San Fernando Senlor Squadron 35 Callfornla l,Ilng

lblne

fuuadron
t{1ng

SAN.VAL 22

It ls not known lf thts lntch ls for a squadron or a group, nor to what wlng thts unlt ls asslgned..

58

Seacoast Sguadron
New

llanpshlre lllng

.Jeareh and Reseue Ground, Tean

j-roflclency Patch wlth three Proflclency Grade Tabs, lbryland h{lng

Selfrldge Conposlte
I'llchlgan l{ing

Sq.d. 3-5

Sequatchle Valley Squadron Tennessee l{lng

39

irequlm ValleY ConPoslte !{ashlngton Wing

S'1d

"

Shasla Composlte Squadror:

Callforrda

l.li ng

Slnglng Rlver Composlte Sqd" (See Coastal Patrol Base il) Mlssisslppl Ulng Sne,Ibyvllle Composite Indlana Wlng
Sqd.

South Hlll-s Conposite Sqd. 6i3 Pennsylvanla ldlng

South Iong Beach Senlor Sqd. 150 (bllfornla l{lng

40

ioi:th

l4aconb Cadet Sqd.

l'l1chigan i,llng

)-z

'cr-rthern

l'rontler Lialson PatroL

l{orld l{ar
Twc

Southwest Region (pocket Patch) flrst design, Reglon Headquarters ln 0klahoma Clty

;jouthnest Reglon, second deslgn, lregion HQ, tn Da11as

5AR

9Brr,

ti,
Southwest Reglon Search and Rescue Competltlon 1985 Southwest Regton Search Iiescue Conpetltlon 1986

4t

$tephen l.tlll-s Composlre

Squadron

blashlngton Hlng

5t. l,oui-s Squadrotr trilssouri Wlng

utratford

Eag1es Composlte Squadron

Suffolk
New

Conneetlcut lling

Iork Wtng (?)

lSguadron J

9eze$,
Suncoast Senlor Squa.Cron Florlda lflng

Sussex lfarren Conposlte Sguadron Tab worn above Group 22L ya.lch New Jersey Ulng

42

Tahoe-'lluckee Oonposlte Sqd Nevada Ulng

:aetlcal and Tecirnlcal Senlor Sqri. T"i-s patch nas worn by the ldassau ;:,*nj-cJ Squadron, Iong Island Group, Ner* Iork tllng durlng nid 1960's.

Ta"la.: Bay

Senlor SAR Squadron 10-J i{lchlgan Wlng

The

It ls not known tf thls patch ls for a. group or a squa.dron, nor to what wlng thls unlt was
asslgned.

Blrd Sanctuary

(rcrt)
Three Rlvers Conposlte Squadron 602 Pennsylvanla Ulng

43

Thunderblrd Cornposlte New l,texlco Wlng

Sqd.

Thunderblrd Squadron 4 New lrexl.co Ulng

Ihunderbolt Conposlte Sqd.

Texas Wlng

Thunderbolt Sqd.

l4assaehusetts lllng

lbiad !'lrst Fllght

Squadron

Comtrnslte

1Yt

Clties Conposlte
Hashlngton tllng

Sqd.

North Carollna Wlng

44

Tri

l,llssouri I'Ilng

County Squadron
Tucson Squadron 104

Arizona l{lng

lwin Clty Composlte

Squadron

Mlssourl lJlng

lN:n Iakes Cornposlte Squadron Arkansas Ulng

i;tlca
New

Composlte

Sq.d.

York l,Ilng

wal,do F'.

.|lleld Cornlnsite Sqd.. iB Callfornia Wlng

45

riashlngton Wlng, Athletlc Jacket patr:n Reported.ly used ln i;he L95A's. The

a-thor rould llke eonflrraatlon ,:f

'r.his

ilaukesha Conposite Sqd. Ulscorrsin hlin6

:esLgnat.ion.

Wenatchee Composlte Sqr:adron Washlngton l{lng

I{eber lllnutenan Squadron Utah l'{lng

(nrsht)
West Bay Composlte Squadron 192 Callfornla Ulng
I

l t i
t

]
I
,

4
:i
.i

46

l{es,

Boward Oomp,oslte Squadro*

FloriCa l{lng
Westchester Group

Flrst

Deslgn New )1ork lring.

l{estchester Group
Secord
New
DesS-gn

York Ulng

trlestchesier Group Thlrd Deslgn Ner York Wlng

!{estchester Group HeaCquarters

New New

Staff Tab York lllng

(nfeht) Westchester

York wlng. I''a,y also-be worn by former cadets and senl"or nembers who work ln the -cadet program. From 1955 Lo L96?, thlS wis the ptch for the New Roehelle Cadet squadron, New york Wlng.

Group Ca.dets

47

We$t Orange Coraposite Sq<i,

it'lcrida lflng

I'Iestover Sqtradron, (Uestover Al'B) l{assachusetts Wlng

ii.rst Richnond Cadet Sqd.

Vlrglnla

l,Jlng

'irlheeler Composite Sqd.

(ilheeler AFn) llawail l{lng

(tett)

Ulchlta Falls Comlnslte Squadron

Texas Hl-ng

48

'ulorchester Cad.et Squadron l,bssachusetts Wlng

Yaklna Conposlte Squadron llashington Wlng

49