Original Item. Only One Available. The Twentieth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) (20th AF) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC). Established on 4 April 1944 at Washington D.C, 20 AF was a United States Army Air Forces combat air force deployed to the Pacific Theater of World War II. Operating initially from bases in India and staging through bases in China, 20 AF conducted strategic bombardment of the Japanese Home Islands. It relocated to the Mariana Islands in late 1944, and continued the strategic bombardment campaign against Japan until the Japanese capitulation in August 1945. The 20 AF 509th Composite Group conducted the atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, and remains as the only air force organization to have used a nuclear weapon in combat.

This is a gorgeous WWII period 20th Air Force patch measuring 3 ⅛” in diameter. The patch has a blue velvet base with bullion latitude and longitude lines on the “globe” with bullion wings and star of the Air Forces, with 20 above it. 

The patch is in great shape with only age toning and no serious damage. From the paper residue on the back, this one looks to have been in a scrapbook for decades, which is why it’s in such good shape.

Ready to display!