Q: I am helping to create a flight jacket for a wonderful WWII veteran, who wore (I think) a Disney-designed fighter squadron patch on his A-2 jacket back in 1945. I plan to surprise him with this jacket in July. Problem is, I’d like to confirm this patch was Disney-designed, and my Air Force records show the patch in black and white, and I don’t know the exact colors. It is the 364th Fighter Squadron? Is there somewhere I could quickly get an answer?
Jerri, Upland, California
A: While Disney designed some 1,200 insignia for military units during World War II, there is no record that we ever designed one for the 364th Fighter Squadron. Insignia were also designed by a number of other animation studios, and some units designed their own. There are color pictures of the insignia, which featured a crow riding on a snake, on the Internet.
Dave Smith