Brasil Brazil WWII Air Force

[rathbonemuseum]

Hi, I thought I would move some images and postings that were buried in another thread into a new one for ease of search.

I will start the thread with a Brazilian Air Force dress belt and sword.

Please contribute what you have to this thread!

[rathbonemuseum]

[juliozary]

Great sword and belt set, congratutations. In a few weeks I will be posting my BAF items here.

Soon.

Julio

[rathbonemuseum]

Thanks to Ricardo Nácul, we have this great photo of Brigadier General Nero Moura, WWII veteran, wearing what I assume is the air force sword.

[juliozary]

As a promissed, I will start to put my BAF stuffs here.

First of all, a flying helmet ww2 period from Brazilian Air Force. It is US made, but there is a little word on both headphones (FAB in white). Brazilian pilots flew P47 in Italy, and P36, P40 and Catalinas in Brazil.

[juliozary]

Now a Weapon`s specialist Officer pin. This is very hard to find. It`s is ww2 period too.

[juliozary]

This is a diploma of the Order of the Fole. It`s not a BAF item, but is WW2 Air Force related. This Order was a kind of war bonus, in which people raised funds that were passed to RAF to buy Spitfires during the war.

[juliozary]

This is a 1941 model of the Pilot`s badge. It was common the pilots use this black backdrop on badge`s back.

[juliozary]

This is a 1947 pilot`s badge model. The difference is the addition of the name of the country: ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRASIL (UNITED STATES OS BRAZIL).

[juliozary]

This is the 1968 model, when the name of the country changed to REPUBLICA FEDERATIVA DO BRASIL.

[rathbonemuseum]

Fantastic. I have never seen that black backing before. That is new news.