USAAF Heraldry WWII Schools and Support Units

 
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From the Book Air Heraldry by Carl Mann published 1944 by Robert M. McBride & Co. New York. Unfortunatly the pictures are BW and no blason is included.

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Air Corps Engineering School.

 

 

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Army Air Force Intelligence School.

 

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Technical Training Command.

 

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School of Aviation Medicine. Today used by the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine and the tinctures is per fess Gules and Azure Rod and Snakes Argent Wings Or. Crest Lamp Or enflammed Gules.

 
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01 July 2007 15:49
 

very cool Marcus.

 
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01 July 2007 17:11
 

Donnchadh;46856 wrote:

very cool Marcus.


Thanks Donnchadh more to come tomorrow.

 
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02 July 2007 11:53
 

cool. my paternal granddad served in the us army air corp in WWII as a TSgt who was a mechanic. he was in active theater for a while and then came home to teach at a school for mechannics in the air corps, as my dad tells me. so, i really like this thread already smile

 
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Donnchadh;46868 wrote:

cool. my paternal granddad served in the us army air corp in WWII as a TSgt who was a mechanic. he was in active theater for a while and then came home to teach at a school for mechannics in the air corps, as my dad tells me. so, i really like this thread already smile

S.E. Air Corps Training Center.

 
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Army Air Force School of Applied Tactics. These arms minus the crest and motto are used today by Its successor the Air University.

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Picture from http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/

 
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02 July 2007 17:53
 

Marcus K;46875 wrote:

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S.E. Air Corps Training Center.


The tinctures of this were an azure field with gold gauntlet and lightning flashes. The eagle or phoenix in the crest (whichever it’s supposed to be) was Gules.

 

How do I know this? My father did his pilot training at various schools run by the Southeast Army Air Forces Training Center in 1942-43, and my mother still has his metal insignia and the yearbook of his graduating class (Marianna, Florida, 43-A). The items are about 1,800 miles from here in Colorado, but the same cover of the yearbook was evidently used by other schools as well:

 

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02 July 2007 18:25
 

now that’s a find!

 
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03 July 2007 05:28
 

Thanks Joseph!

 
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The martlet for the 22nd Service Group is an interesting charge for an organization that, if I’m not mistaken, would have had no flying mission. My understanding is that service groups had the mission of running the base support structure (facilities, communications, food, housing, ground transportation, etc.) from which flying groups operated. So it’s rather ironic that an organization with little if any ability to fly should be represented by a bird, that, according to heraldic lore, could do nothing but fly. The martlet has no legs because medieval folklore had it that swallows never landed.

Perhaps the charge is based on the number of the unit: 2+2=4, and the martlet is the cadency mark for a 4th son.

 

On the other hand, the arms of the 13th Service Group are extremely appropriate:  those charges on the fess are hawk’s lures, which Boutell’s Heraldry aptly describes as being "used by falconers to entice the hawk back after chasing its prey."

 
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Joseph McMillan;47069 wrote:

The martlet for the 22nd Service Group is an interesting charge for an organization that, if I’m not mistaken, would have had no flying mission. My understanding is that service groups had the mission of running the base support structure (facilities, communications, food, housing, ground transportation, etc.) from which flying groups operated. So it’s rather ironic that an organization with little if any ability to fly should be represented by a bird, that, according to heraldic lore, could do nothing but fly. The martlet has no legs because medieval folklore had it that swallows never landed.

Perhaps the charge is based on the number of the unit: 2+2=4, and the martlet is the cadency mark for a 4th son.


Yes this maybe an odd choise for a ground based utfit, sadly the Book doesn’t reveal the meaning of these arms (or any other).

 

Some new arms:

 

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26th Service Group.

 

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27th Service Group.

 

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28th Service Group.

 
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