Hi all
I would like to hear if someone out there can help me to obtain examples of the following SAAF patches / cloth badges.
I have about 760 examples in my collection and still missing these. Would like to save an example of each for prosperity. I do apreciate donations extremely much. These badges are becoming very expensive - can't afford to buy them all from collectors shops!!
Best regards
Stephan Botha
gsbotha@absamail.co.za1 Sqn:
Old emblem – embroidered on blue cloth;
Goue Arend exercise patches;
Ground Crew: Printed without embr. border – Wapen-Mont; Photo; dark blue ? with red F1AZ at the top.
F1AZ Flight Simulator;
Missielstelsels;
Snecma badge;
Mirage F1 21st anniversary blazer badge;
2 Sqn:
Emblem blazer badge;
Korea War: Emblem with closed mouth cheetah, emblem without “orange white blue”; emblem with long feather points, emblem on green shield;
USAF patches worn by SAAF personnel: Dogpatchers, 67th, Foxy Few, REMCO – Sabre Jet.
Korea Vet blazer badges;
SAAF USAF / Heaters & Guns;
Cheetah C patch;
Grippen patches.
3 Sqn:
Emblem blazer badge;
Mach 2 (Without Mirage III at the top);
Ground crew: Embr. WAP STELSELS, NABOOTSER, AVION RADIO, AVION RADIO, OORL MONT, TEG BEHEER, AVION INST;
Ground crew: Printed. VLIEGRAAM, FOTO, AVION RADIO, AVION ELEK, MONT ENS.
4 Sqn:
Emblem blazer badge.
Ground crew: Light blue.
5 Sqn:
Emblem blazer badge;
Red Horse emblem – Harvard era;
Red Horse emblem – Impala era (Owen C191).
IFR badge.
6 Sqn:
Emblem blazer badge;
Printed emblem;
Emblem with white embr. border;
Emblem on light blue.
7 Sqn:
Ground crew: Thick “7” – Brown Avion recce, Blue Fitt AC, Black Fitt Arm, Violet Avion Radio, Red Tech Clerk, Orange Surv Fitt.
Ground crew: Thin “7” – Green Avion Instruments, Violet Avion Radio, Red Tech Clerk, Orange Surv Fitt.
8 Sqn:
Emblem blazer badge.
Ground crew: Black WAPEN / MONT
10 Sqn:
ABV / RPV printed “wing” badge
11 Sqn:
Small embr. emblem
Recce Ops.
12 Sqn:
Emblem blazer badge.
15 Sqn:
Emblem blazer badge – colour,
New style helicopter patches – depicting the following: 1 star, B cat, C Cat, No hours, 3000h, ordinary tail.
16 Sqn:
Old emblem – blazer badge,
B Flight Scorpion badge.
17 Sqn:
Emblem blazer badge,
Emblem with round top,
Augusta badges.
ALO III type hour badges: 4000h on light blue.
Helitune – oval badge light blue, Safomar badge, Aerospatiale badge.
19 Sqn:
Emblem Blazer badge,
Oryx course,
Moonshine Ops,
19Sq Oryx Fitter.
22 Sqn:
Emblem blazer badge with KC,
SANAE: Oval penguin badge, Oryx “orange white blue” behind penguin, GOUGH, SANAE/AGULHAS;
Ops badge on light blue.
24 Sqn:
Emblem blazer badge,
IFR with ordinary “4” in 24.
Buccaneer hour badges: 250h with pitot, 500h without pitot, 1000h with pitot.
25 Sqn:
Emblem blazer badge.
27 Sqn:
Emblem blazer badge.
28 Sqn:
Emblem with yellow embr. border,
Transall “Al Revoir”,
Ground crew: HERCTUNE – only have red one,
SAFAIR patches.
30 Sqn:
Emblem blazer badge.
31 Sqn:
Emblem blazer badge,
ALO III Ground Crew,
SANAB in pentagon.
35 Sqn:
Emblem blazer badge with KC,
Emblem blazer badge – current,
Maritime Patrol – printed badge,
DC3 Turbo Prop PT6-65.
40 Sqn:
Emblem Blazer badge - Impala era.
Old emblem cotton embr. patch.
41 Sqn:
Emblem blazer badge.
42 Sqn:
Ground crew: Brown AV Recce
44 Sqn:
Emblem blazer badge,
C47 TP,
C47TP and Skymaster.
60 Sqn:
Multi Role – black letters,
707 – light blue,
60 Sqn EW Ops.
Ground crew: Avion Instruments.
CFS:
CFS emblem without embr. border
Pupes: I have: 2/76, Vidi vici veni, 1/79, 1/80, 2/80, 1/81, 2/81, 1/82, 1/83, 2/83, 1/84, 1/85, one/86, 2/AT6, 1/87, 1/88, 2/88, 2/89, 1/90, 1/91, 1/92 light blue, 1/92 dark blue, 1/93, 1/94, 1/95, 1/97 sine metu, 1/97 Astra, 1/98, since 1999, 99.
Looking for others including - 2 FTS, P4/71, 1/77, 1/78, 2/78, 1/79, 2/79, 2/82, 2/84, 2/85, 1/86, 1/89, 1/96.
Dunottar: Parachute sec.
Echo Flight – in triangular,
Harvard Aerobatic Team: No.1 and SOLO.
Silver Falcons: Emblem with GLO, Number/Name badges.
80 ANS:
Emblem blazer badge,
Navigator course badges: I have: two/86, 49. Looking for others.
81 LAFS:
Pilot course – “Up where we belong”.
83 JFS / TFS:
TFS Emblem blazer badge – impala,
TFS emblem with white only tip tanks.
84 LAFS:
Emblem Blazer badge.
85 CbFS / AOS
AOS blazer badge,
AOS embr. emblem,
Bumbling Bees embr. badge.
85 Emblem – not cut on lines.
Silver Falcons: Number badges – orange 1 – 5, Blue 1,2,4,5.
87 HFS:
Old Emblem patch with kink in wings,
Oval Groundcrew on light blue,
UBENDUM WEMENDUM first issue,
87 Pupes and RWC badges: I have: 1/80, 2/80, 1/81.
Looking for others including: 2/82, Rising Sun, 1/83, 1/86, 1/89, 1/98 etc.
FE Course badges: I have: 2-83 – 12-83, 85, 86/87, 2/87, 1/88, 2/97, 2002-1.
Looking for others including: 9/82-6/83, 83/84 JAFO, PP'84, 85/86, 1/86, 1/90, 2/90, 1/91, 2/91, 1/92, etc.
TVOS / TFDC:
Emblem blazer badge,
National Test Pilot School,
Ground crew (I have Survival oval badge).
Commando Sqn / Reserve Sqn:
Standard Army era badges L and R facing: 101 R, 102?, 103?, 105?, 106 L and R, 107?, 108?, 109?, 110?, 111?, 112?.
Standard badges with orange cross: 101, 104. 114.
Air Defence:
Patches with mottos: "custodes invisus" and "custodes per diem".
EW:
Brown badge with funny crow.
Course badges
Ops badges
ATC:
SiyaFunddisa old badge.
Crash Boat Sqn:
Cotton embr. patch.
Security Sqn:
Unit emblem badges (I have SAAF Regiment).
AFB:
Emblems: Hoedspruit, Swartkop, Pietersburg (old), Port Elizabeth cotton embr., Ondangwa with scroll, Grootfontein, M’Pacha with black border.
Ground crew: Oorlewing Louis Trichardt.
Fire-Rescue: I have AFB Durban and Thaba Tshwane – looking for others.
BVVA / BASS: I have Hoedspruit, Langebaanweg and Louis Trichardt, looking for others.
ASU:
I have 1AD, 2AD, 4AD (old badge), 5 AD, 6ASU – looking for others.
68 AS / STT:
Emblem with book and eagle on the top,
Ground crew - course badges.
Gym:
Emblem without scroll.
Museum:
Emblem Blazer badge,
Pelican 16 survivor,
Pelican 21,
Spitfire, Reutech, RR,
Provost,
Shackleton Association.
Atlas / Denel:
SAAF Projects: V3 AAM silver eagle; V3 AAM gold eagle. C47-TP Project, IFTU Oryx, .
Aircraft Type: Alo III, Puma, Oryx, Overt.