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International Order of Characters Historical Aerospace Aviation Flag
International Order of Characters Historical Aerospace Aviation Flag
International Order of Characters Historical Aerospace Aviation Flag
International Order of Characters Historical Aerospace Aviation Flag

International Order of Characters Historical Aerospace Aviation Flag

$ 240.23

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    Description

    International Order of Characters Historical Aerospace Aviation Flag
    Size 37" X 76"
    Original Flag In Verygood Condition
    The International Order of Characters is an aviation-oriented educational foundation which traces it’s roots to the grim early days of World War Two in the South Pacific.
    It was there that a young USAAF flight surgeon, Captain James E. Crane, came up with the idea of organizing a group of battle- weary American and Allied pilots under his care into a fraternal order to be called the International Order of Characters. Each of the members, upon induction, received a private nickname known only to the other members of the Order. By 1943, call-signs such as “The Sky”, “Spanish John”, “Little Isadore”, “Harry The Horse”, “Society Max” were being heard in the sky over Guadalcanal and the neighboring islands. The “IOC”, which competed with another legendary organization, the “Guadalcanal Rod and Gun Club”, grew to nearly one thousand members before the war moved on towards Japan, and Major Crane was reassigned to military hospitals in the United States.
    Notable members
    Douglas Bader
    Charles Bassett
    ,
    Boom Boom
    Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
    ,
    HRH The Lion
    Eric Brown
    ,
    Winkle
    Scott Crossfield
    ,
    Rocket
    Bill Dana
    ,
    Jose
    Eugene P. Deatrick
    ,
    Bismark
    Jimmy Doolittle
    George J. Dufek
    ,
    Penguin
    Steve Fossett
    ,
    Cucumber
    Gabby Gabreski
    ,
    Gabby
    Adolf Galland
    ,
    The Red Knight
    Jerauld R. Gentry
    ,
    Flying Bathtub
    Arthur Godfrey
    ,
    Bunkie
    Barry Goldwater
    ,
    Gold Dust
    Richard P. Hallion
    ,
    Memory Bank
    Bob Hoover
    ,
    Mustang
    Dietrich Hrabak
    Charles H. Kaman
    ,
    Pres. Kaman Aircraft
    Joseph Kittinger
    ,
    The Jump
    William J. Knight
    ,
    Lickety Split
    Clay Lacy
    ,
    Racey
    Bill Lear
    ,
    King Lear
    Tony LeVier
    ,
    Lightning
    James McDivitt
    ,
    Gemini Cricket
    Dick Merrill
    ,
    Old Ping Pong Balls
    Robin Olds
    ,
    Phantom
    Günther Rall
    Hanna Reitsch
    ,
    Supersonic Sue
    Robert Rushworth
    ,
    North Star
    Burt Rutan
    [13]
    Herman Salmon
    ,
    Fish
    Walter Schirra, Jr.
    ,
    Sky Ray
    Robert Lee Scott, Jr.
    ,
    Shoe Clerk
    Igor Sikorsky
    ,
    Winged S
    Johannes Steinhoff
    Robert L. Stephens
    ,
    The Silver Fox II
    Kenneth L. Tallman
    ,
    Iron Wind
    Paul Tibbets
    ,
    Big Bang
    Robert Stanford Tuck
    ,
    Spitfire
    Roscoe Turner
    ,
    The Roar
    Joseph Walker
    ,
    Mach 7