Original U.S. WWII 1st Arctic Search and Rescue Squadron Patch USAAF MG 42 Accessories Bougainville and Rabaul until July

Bougainville and Rabaul until July 1944 when they moved back to Espiritu Santo

Feed System: 13-round tube magazine

Sights: Blade front sight

Shafer told of purchasing a roll of 15 banknotes taped together and used as a “short snorter” during WWII

Original U.S. WWII 1st Arctic Search and Rescue Squadron Patch USAAF MG 42 Accessories Bougainville and Rabaul until JulyOriginal item: Only One Available. United States Army Air Force 1st Arctic Search and Rescue was based in Narsarsuaq, Greenland during 1944 1945. This is a very good condition patch embroidered on orange twill, 4 3 4" round. The Arctic Training School was activated in the summer of 1943 at Buckley, Colorado. This school produced the 1st Arctic Search and Rescue Squadron, which deployed to Greenland in 1944, the 3d Arctic Search and Rescue Squadron