Hey Keith. Yes, I have come across several companies advertising on the 'net that offer reproduction blood chits.
U.S. Wings carries a cloth blood chit for $22.95. Details at: http://www.uswings.com/chit.html Percy's recollection about how the blood chit got started was correct. Lots of books cover the subject, but the advertising copy on the U.S. Wings site, like good copy should, gets it into a nutshell: ----------- "The concept of the blood chit originated in China during the early days of World War II. It was created by members of General Chennault's American Volunteer Group...the FLYING TIGERS. The famed pilots painted Chinese and American flags, and a message in Chinese characters on the back of their leather flight jackets. The translated message said that they were American airmen fighting the Japanese invaders of China; they had met misfortune and needed help in evading the Japanese and assistance in returning to their home base." ---------- I'm can't imagine how a fabric patch would hold up to the rigors of daily use on the back of a leather jacket. There are leather blood chits available, which I CAN imagine would wear MUCH better. A company called Air Corps Squadron Patches has the leather ones at: http://homepages.go.com/homepages/a/i/r/airpatch1/ Type "blood chit" into your favorite-flavor search engine and see what you turn up. Good luck, good hunting, watch your six, and Ding Hao! regards, Steve ----------------------------------- Steve Greenhow EAA 574502 Austin, Texas USA email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realtime.net/~magbo/ (nom de plume "Downwind Jaxon") ----------------------------------- At 11:20 AM 9/11/99 -0700, you wrote: >In the Pacific Theatre, pilots wore a flag on the back of their leather >flight jackets. I think it was called a "blood chit????" Does anyone handle >replicas? > >Keith >5663F >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.pacifier.com/~keithb >ICQ 4657821
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