World War II Patch: Bird of War

Season 10 Episode 4

Did these two patches with an evocative bird symbol belong to a World War II unit?

A Louisiana man received a military style foot locker filled with papers that apparently belonged to a World War II airman, Lionel B. Potter. Also inside were two patches embroidered with an evocative symbol: a bird in the clouds dropping a bomb. Is this a unit insignia? He’s turned the investigation over to Wes Cowan. Were these patches used in World War II? Who made them and why?

AIR DATE 7/30/12

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