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U2 SPY PLANE - Recon

PSD - Personnel Services Delivery

 

CIA - Special Recon

 

 

 

 

 

Rare & Excellent Patch

 

 

 

 

This is an exclusively rare war piece out of a long held collection. It is a pre-finished, prototype patch for whatever reason remaining unfinished.

This piece;

  • Un-cut
  • Un-finished
  • Un-Worn

This piece to be completed would require further trimming and sewing whilst main piece to centre in perfect condition. These are the earliest of the pieces with final pieces coming from these prototypes.

Part of very small series, should not be missed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U2

 

The Lockheed U-2, "Dragon Lady", is a single-engine, very high-altitude recon aircraft operated by the USAF and the (CIA).

 

It provides day and night, very high-altitude (70,000 feet / 21,000 meters), all-weather intelligence gathering. The aircraft is also used for electronic sensor research and development, satelitle calibration, and satellite data validation.

 

 

VIETNAM

 

In early 1964, the Strategic Air Command - (SAC) sent a detachment of U-2s from the 4080th to Vietnam for high-altitude reconnaissance missions over North Vietnam and Laos.

 

On 5 April 1965, U-2s from the 4028th SRS (Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron) took photos of SAM-2 ( Surfarce to Air Missile ) sites near Hanoi and Haiphong harbour.

 

On 11 February 1966, the 4080th Wing was redesignated the 100th SRW and moved returned to the US. The SRS detachment at Bien Hoa Air Base was redesignated the 349th SRS.

The only loss of a U-2 during combat operations occurred on 8 October 1966, when Major Leo Stewart, flying with the 349th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, developed mechanical problems high over North Vietnam.

The U-2 managed to return to South Vietnam where Stewart ejected safely with the U-2 crashing near its base at Bien Hoa.

In July 1970, the 349th SRS - ( Special Recon Squadron ) at Bien Hoa moved to Thaialnd ( U-Tapao) and was redesignated the 99th SRS remaining there until March 1976.

 

 ( It was a U-2C ( known to the CIA as - article 360), flown by Francis Gary Powers, which was shot down on 1 May 1960 near Sverdlovsk (now Ekaterinburg) - Soviet Union )

 

 

PSD - Personnel Services Delivery

The PSD personnel are the technicians who maintain the survival equipment, parachutes and Full Pressure Suits for the U2 Reconnaissance Programs.

 

 

 

  • Nice rare, Vietnam War
  • Flight Jacket Patch
  • Measures - 4.5 x 4.5 inches ( 11.5 x 11.5 cms )
  • U2 - Recon Spy Plane

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vietnam War Original

 

Post: Post, Anywhere Worldwide is $4.00 - USA / Australia $4.00 - (international Posted via Airmail, we post daily). 2nd and subsequent patches (or bank-notes) are sent free of postal charge when sent in same order.

 

 

FREE POST

Free Post is supplied for orders of 5 or more Patches, Maps, Notes, Badges or Medals paid and posted in same weekly order (must be paid within 7 days of first purchase).

 

Command Control, North, South, Central, MACV, Special Forces, SOG, Special Op’s, Special Operations Group, 5th Special Forces, Army Security Agency, Military Intelligence, Psy-Ops, US Army, De Oppresso Liber, Airborne, 1st Special Forces, CIDG, Mike Force, Mobile Guerrilla Force, Mobile Strike Force, Operations Detachment, Provincial Recon Unit, Recon Teams, RT, USMC, United States Marine Corps, Vietnam War, WWII, WWI, French Indochine War, French Foreign Legion, Legion Etrange, Project Omega, Recondo School, Rapid Fire, Project Delta, Special Missions Advisory Force, Project Gamma, Project Sigma, Indigenous Troops, MACV-SOG, CCC, CCS, CCN, USARV, SMAG, TAG, Field Training Command, Recon Team Leader, US Navy, Air Force, AATTV, Long Tan, Nui Dat, AAFV, ATF, New Zealand V Force, Big Red One, 1st Infantry Division, 1st Cavalry Division, Tropic Lightning, 25th Infantry Division, Subdued, Patch, Patches, Uniform, Helmet, Flash, Beret, Arc, Tab, 101st Airborne Division, 82nd Airborne, 173rd Airborne, Combat, Militaria, Medal, Badge, Map, 199th Infantry Brigade, Old Ironsides, 5th Infantry Division, MAAG, USARPAC, XXIV Corps, 23rd Infantry Division, Americal, 38th Infantry Division, Black Op’s, Clandestine, Non-Conventional Warfare, 11th Infantry Brigade, 11th Armored, 196th, 1st Aviation, 18th Engineers, Medic, Medical, Viet Cong, VC, Viet Minh, Dien Bien Phu, Saigon, Tiger Force Rangers, Ranger, Logistical Command, Khe Sanh, POW, RVN, ARVN, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, NVA, Hanoi, Siagon, Phan Rang, LLDB, Bright Light, Free World Forces, Company, Platoon, Patrol, Long Range,

Special Forces, ARVN, Green Berets, Elite, Recon, Reconnaissance, CCN, CCC, CCS, MACV SOG, SOA, Paratrooper, Parachutist, Vietnam War, Special Operations, Military, Tiger, Ranger, Route, Team, VC, NVA, Viet Cong, Command Control, Republic of Vietnam

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Payment is accepted via Paypal and via Australian Personal and Bank Cheques.

 

Post: All items are posted within three working days from time of received payment.

 

Combined Post: We combine postage costs on all items.

 

FREE POST, Free Post is supplied for orders of 5 or more Patches, Maps, Notes, Badges or Medals paid and posted in same weekly order (must be paid within 7 days of first purchase).