This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
United States of America
AWARDS-Insignia
United States Army Air Forces 5th Air Force embroidered cotton shoulder sleeve insignia; blue disc with yellow numeral "5"; white five point star with red disc center on "shooting" star motif; five star Southern Cross constellation depicted.
3-D: 7 × 0.2cm (2 3/4 × 1/16 in.)
Cotton
Embroidery Thread
A19711355000
Donated by the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, Inc.
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