imperial japan army pilot badge

  1. Gifu Army Flight School 5th Class Graduate Army Pilot Badge/岐阜陸軍飛行学校第五期陸軍飛行機操縦徽章

    Gifu Army Flight School /岐阜陸軍飛行学校/ was established in August 1940 with the main purpose of educating pilot candidates and non-commissioned officer candidates. The school headquarters /and school headquarters/ were located in Unuma Village, Inaba District, Gifu Prefecture (present-day eastern...
  2. Japanese Pilot Badge of Army Flight School 7th Class Graduate Takeji Terada

    NCO badge in silver. Reverse engraved 第七期 - 7th class 寺田武次 - Takeji Terada Marked 純銀 - pure silver.
  3. Japanese Pilot Badge of Army Flight School 4th Class Graduate Kuroiwa

    Reverse engraved 第四期生 - 4th Class 黒岩 - Kuroiwa Marked 純銀 - pure silver.
  4. Kumagaya Army Flight School Graduate Pilot Badge/熊谷陸軍飛行学陸軍飛行機操縦徽章

    Engraved 熊谷 for 熊谷陸軍飛行學校 - Kumagaya Army Flight School 永井 - Nagai
  5. 1st Class Special Officer Candidates of Tachiarai Army Flight School Pilot Badges/大刀洗陸軍飛行学校第一期特別幹部候補生章

    The Tachiarai Army Flight School opened in 1940 and trained many pilots who took part in kamikaze operations in the last year of the war. The Tachiarai Flight School had a branch school in Chiran (Kagoshima Prefecture), where many Army pilots departed to make suicide attacks on the American...
  6. "Pilot" Imperial Military Reservist Association Badges

    Interesting and quite rare badges. Early anonymous badge. Private collection. Photos courtesy of the owner.
  7. Japanese Pilot Observer Badge

    The exact attribution of this rare badge remains unknown. Specimen from a personal collection. Height 43.22 mm. Width 44.70 mm. Weight 24.56 g. Obvious roots of naïve attribution.
  8. 1936 Kumagaya Army Flight School Graduation Commemorative Pilot Badge/第二期操縦生徒熊谷陸軍飛行学校卒業記念章

    Reverse 2596 = 1936 卒業記念 - Graduation Commemorative 熊谷陸軍飛行学校 - Kumagaya Army Flight School 第二期操縦生徒 - 2nd Class of Pilot Trainees (school was established in 1935) Engraved 齋藤 - Saitō
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