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Lardyboy's Patch Collection

Do you collect patches or challenge coins, bought an interesting t-shirt from a base, some rare airshow programmes or even parts from military aircraft? This is the forum section for you!
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Lardyboy's Patch Collection

Post by lardyboy999 » Wed Feb 18, 2015 12:50 am

Hey, look, there's a bandwagon! Best I jump on it! :whistle:

A few from my Service career. About 90% are patches from units I've worked with over 22 years, or blagged off crews during my 13 RIATs on the Aircaft Engineering Team. The other 10% are bought patches from various airshows since I "retired" and some from shows attended as a punter while I was in.

So to business.....apologies for the quality, they're off my phone.

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First tour at TTTE Cottesmore 85-88. If anyone has a B Sqn patch they're willing to part with, I'll pay a decent price......

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Various RIAT Theme & personal patches

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Various RAF patches

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Tonka Toys

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Royal Danish - Starfighter patch is a personal favourite

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Dutch.....oh, yesh....

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Irish & Aussie, blagged at RIAT

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L'Armee d'Hair (think I bought these at Waddo)

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Aeronavale - a RIAT blag, one Sunday evening during a Hangar party, I seem to recall, it's a bit hazy.....

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Italians - the Frecce patch was from one of the crew at a Families Day at Cottesmore, the week before the Ramstein incident. RIP.

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Canucks - all from my second tour in Gibraltar 88-91 - I've rude patch from 405, but that's on my flying jacket......I've more PAX flying hours on CP-140's than any other aircraft!

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Turks. Blagged.

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Polish - from a detachment with the mighty 41 Sqn back in 2005 - I was the UK Range Controller at Nadarzyce for them during the exercise. The Su-22 bits and bobs are from the resident squadron at Miroslawiec where the Jags were flying out of - the centre one ia a RIAT blag.

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Spanish - RIAT blag. German Navy - Atlantique detachemnt in Gib. Saudi patch is a RIAT blag.

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Slavic selection - all RIAT.

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Lakenheath selection - worked with these fine gents many times over the years, so a mixture of F-111 & F-15 patches.

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Mixture of other East Anglian patches - as many PAX hours in KC-135s as CP-140s! It's not what you know......

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Finally, a few USAF/USN/USMC patches - a fair spread of "work" patches from Gib (Patron 8 patch from a P-3C flight - notice a pattern forming here?), the rest from crews at 13 RIAT's.

Hope these are of interest.

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Re: Lardyboy's Patch Collection

Post by lardyboy999 » Wed Feb 18, 2015 6:22 pm

And look what turned up this morning!!

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:thumbs:

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Re: Lardyboy's Patch Collection

Post by Gary » Wed Feb 18, 2015 7:17 pm

Now that is a great patch :thumb: was it an ebay job?

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Re: Lardyboy's Patch Collection

Post by lardyboy999 » Wed Feb 18, 2015 7:23 pm

Nope. Off this site - https://www.astro-auction.com/cgi-bin/a ... auction.pl

I'm a bit of a space nut.

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Re: Lardyboy's Patch Collection

Post by Gary » Wed Feb 18, 2015 7:29 pm

Thanks mate :clap: I used to be a Shuttle fan, lost a little interest when they retired. Hopefully my passion will be reignited when Orion starts flying.

Great collection of patches by the way :thumb: Did the squadrons ever give you stuff when you was in the tower at Holbeach?

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Re: Lardyboy's Patch Collection

Post by lardyboy999 » Wed Feb 18, 2015 7:38 pm

The 56 RQS patch was from them when I did a briefing at LKH before they started operating on the UK Ranges. That's about it, sadly.

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Re: Lardyboy's Patch Collection

Post by lardyboy999 » Mon Mar 16, 2015 8:19 pm

Update to my very first picture.

My 27 year search is complete, with many thanks to Reheat2004.

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Re: Lardyboy's Patch Collection

Post by gmc007 » Tue Mar 17, 2015 12:09 pm

Well done on tracking down that patch & a nice collection you have too :thumb:

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Re: Lardyboy's Patch Collection

Post by lardyboy999 » Mon Apr 13, 2015 5:31 pm

Latest additions.

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Re: Lardyboy's Patch Collection

Post by lardyboy999 » Thu Apr 30, 2015 7:58 pm

Latest batch. You may notice a pattern forming here.......

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Re: Lardyboy's Patch Collection

Post by lardyboy999 » Fri Aug 14, 2015 10:04 pm

Newest batch.

I do like these silhouette-style patches. Those French squadron links with the Rafale and Mirage patches look tempting.....

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Re: Lardyboy's Patch Collection

Post by Gary » Sat Aug 15, 2015 6:56 am

They look good especailly the 'Richthofen' one , didn't realise the Germans did them :lol: I bought four of the French silhouettes at RIAT and have had to resist buying more from the squadrons :lol:

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Re: Lardyboy's Patch Collection

Post by lardyboy999 » Wed Sep 02, 2015 5:23 pm

The first of several French sets, methinks......

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Re: Lardyboy's Patch Collection

Post by GhostFlight91 » Wed Sep 02, 2015 5:39 pm

lardyboy999 wrote:The first of several French sets, methinks......

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They are very smart :thumb:

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Re: Lardyboy's Patch Collection

Post by lardyboy999 » Wed Sep 16, 2015 5:58 pm

Newest bunch

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C'est bon, oui?

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Re: Lardyboy's Patch Collection

Post by lardyboy999 » Thu Oct 08, 2015 5:01 pm

For your delectation....

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Re: Lardyboy's Patch Collection

Post by GhostFlight91 » Fri Oct 09, 2015 8:05 am

love the 41sqn

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Re: Lardyboy's Patch Collection

Post by lardyboy999 » Fri Oct 09, 2015 3:08 pm

Aye, that and the 31 Sqn anniversary patch off our esteemed colleagues at Squadron Prints. Bless 'em.

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Re: Lardyboy's Patch Collection

Post by lardyboy999 » Mon Oct 19, 2015 5:21 pm

Nice patch, pretty patch.

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Re: Lardyboy's Patch Collection

Post by GhostFlight91 » Mon Oct 19, 2015 5:42 pm

smart

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