Blood Chit Flags - The Last Hope of the Aviator

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Blood Chit Flags - The Aviator’s Last Hope
Rescue Identification Patches worn by servicemen from WWII to the present
Chinese soldiers inspect an American Airman’s Rescue Identification Patch or “Blood Chit” during World War II. Image Source: Wikipedia.
ZFC2150 China - American Volunteer Group – Pilots’ Chit, 1941 - 1942. This is a Chinese made and issued American Volunteer Group (AVG) Pilots Rescue Identification Patch or “Blood Chit”, and bears the Chinese national flag, a rescue inscription and the chop of Nationalist Government's Commission for Aeronautical Affairs, 1941 - 1942. Read more ZFC0745 This is a locally produced AVG pilots’ Chit created for a Chinese airman. It bears the Chinese flag and rescue message but lacks the government chop, 1941 to 1942. Read more
ZFC0741 Theater produced leather Chit bearing both the United States and Chinese flags with a rescue message. These chits were popular as the American presence in China increased. On a white section of the chit patch it has an inscription in Chinese identifying the wearer as an ally of China and imploring safe passage to allied lines to the peasants who might find the downed airman. Read more ZFC0744 A theater produced leather Blood Chit bearing in addition to the United States and Chinese flag and rescue message the insignia for soldiers serving in the China-Burma-India Theatre (CBI). These chits were used by pilots flying in the CBI from 1942 to 1945. Read more ZFC2056 A theater produced leather Blood Chit bearing in addition to the United States flag, the Chinese flag, the rescue message and an unofficial variant of the insignia for soldiers serving in the China-Burma-India Theatre (CBI). Pilots flying in the CBI from 1942 to 1945 used these chits. Read more
ZFC2425 A 48 star U.S. made flag on a late war MIS-X type 4 rayon airman’s chit bearing the rescue message in 7 languages; English, French, Thai, Lao, Annamese, Korean and Japanese. Read more ZFC0305 A 50 star U.S. flag on an airman’s chit from the family of a downed airman of the Vietnam War, which contains the rescue message in 14 languages. This chit is from the collections of the Star Spangled Banner Flag House and Museum of Baltimore, MD. Read more
ZFC3057 A theatre made “Blood Chit” made during the United Nations led efforts to thwart the North Korea’s invasion of South Korea. It is printed in two languages and bears the flags of the United States, the United Nations and South Korea, 1951 to 1953. Read more
Jocular and Commemorative jacket patches that mimic the "Blood Chit"
ZFC1397 A patch from one of the wings of the Confederate Air Force (CAF). It mimics and spoofs the Blood Chits of WWII. The CAF was founded to maintain the heritage of vintage aircraft and is now known as the Commemorative Air Force, 1970s. Read more ZFC2052 Not a “Blood Chit” but modeled on one, this commemorative jacket patch details the Korean War service of Charles Hardison an engineer with the 24th Division, the first U.S. troops to enter Korea, 1953 - 1956. Read more