Hi to all
Following on my look at a previous release here
https://www.planetfigure.com/threads/french-mary-from-nick-majerus.356262/
Nick announced this latest one here:
https://www.planetfigure.com/threads/new-bust-lt-brown-bust-air-cavalry-update.377607/
This is the 3D images
And now Nicks picture of the resin
Based on this picture of a serving member of the Air Cavalry namely LT BROWN ( later Colonel )
In Larry's words - "When I got in country Col. Jimmy Hughes, 12th Group Commander, 1st Avn. Bdg., told me I was going to C/3/17 because of the OH58 test and that "I owed him after Ft. Knox". I was going to be there 6 months, then I could go to a crane unit. Ten Months later I transferred to E/1/9 to be Scout Platoon leader." Larry was one of a very few Scout pilot's to fly the 3 main scout aircraft of the war - The OH-13, the OH-6 and the OH-58.
Images and text courtesy of Larry Brown
I am going to quote the details from a member of 1/9 Cavalry who served in country 1970 and a PF member NED RICKS
"The pocket patch was locally made. As Brown was a Scout pilot, I propose that the background of this to be white. Here is my reasoning: air cav troops had four platoons - HQ (mess, admin, etc) and three flying platoons of Red, White and Blue.
The "Blues" were the air mobile rifle platoon (Blue being the formal uniform branch color of the infantry) and the associated UH1 lift birds.
Red was the color of artillery branch and the organic gunships were our in house firepower so the guns platoon were "Red." These were almost always AH-1G by 1970.
By process of elimination, the Scouts were the "White" platoon. In 1/9 Cav Scouts flew the Hughes OH6, in 3/17 they had OH58 as I recall.
A scout plus supporting gunship was a "Pink Team." But, Brown was a White.
The scarf could be any color - yellow would set off the piece nicely, but it could be an OD cravat (medical bandage cloth) frequently worn to ward off dust and to mop sweat.
His uniform could be jungle fatigues, but as there are no pleats on the pocket I would guess it to be the drab brown Nomex flight suit shirt."
BIG THANK YOU and RESPECT
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Following on my look at a previous release here
https://www.planetfigure.com/threads/french-mary-from-nick-majerus.356262/
Nick announced this latest one here:
https://www.planetfigure.com/threads/new-bust-lt-brown-bust-air-cavalry-update.377607/
This is the 3D images
And now Nicks picture of the resin
Based on this picture of a serving member of the Air Cavalry namely LT BROWN ( later Colonel )
Lets have a bit about the man , this picture shows Lt. Larry G. Brown, between tours, at an awards ceremony, Fort Knox.
Larry Served with B troop as Scout platoon commander (Saber White 14) in 1967-68. Upon return to the U.S. he qualified on CH-54s and went back to Vietnam.In Larry's words - "When I got in country Col. Jimmy Hughes, 12th Group Commander, 1st Avn. Bdg., told me I was going to C/3/17 because of the OH58 test and that "I owed him after Ft. Knox". I was going to be there 6 months, then I could go to a crane unit. Ten Months later I transferred to E/1/9 to be Scout Platoon leader." Larry was one of a very few Scout pilot's to fly the 3 main scout aircraft of the war - The OH-13, the OH-6 and the OH-58.
Saber White 14, Scout Section Leader Larry Brown and "checking" Jerry Anderson's OH-13 "UFO" at An Kha, November 1967.
Gook gun (Chic-com Type 53) taken in Feb of 68 at Camp Evans. That's me on the left and my observer, SSG Don Crosby, on the right.Images and text courtesy of Larry Brown
I am going to quote the details from a member of 1/9 Cavalry who served in country 1970 and a PF member NED RICKS
"The pocket patch was locally made. As Brown was a Scout pilot, I propose that the background of this to be white. Here is my reasoning: air cav troops had four platoons - HQ (mess, admin, etc) and three flying platoons of Red, White and Blue.
The "Blues" were the air mobile rifle platoon (Blue being the formal uniform branch color of the infantry) and the associated UH1 lift birds.
Red was the color of artillery branch and the organic gunships were our in house firepower so the guns platoon were "Red." These were almost always AH-1G by 1970.
By process of elimination, the Scouts were the "White" platoon. In 1/9 Cav Scouts flew the Hughes OH6, in 3/17 they had OH58 as I recall.
A scout plus supporting gunship was a "Pink Team." But, Brown was a White.
The scarf could be any color - yellow would set off the piece nicely, but it could be an OD cravat (medical bandage cloth) frequently worn to ward off dust and to mop sweat.
His uniform could be jungle fatigues, but as there are no pleats on the pocket I would guess it to be the drab brown Nomex flight suit shirt."
BIG THANK YOU and RESPECT
Here are some good books to look out for
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