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Object details:

Object Name: Fabric, Insignia, 139th Aero Squadron, United States Army Air Service
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A20060426000

	Object Name
	Fabric, Insignia, 139th Aero Squadron, United States Army Air Service

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv91de77693-d8ca-4c24-a3eb-358f4e9b53d9

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Materials
	Overall: painted and doped linen

	Dimensions
	2-D - Unframed (H x W): 56.5 x 90.8cm (22 1/4 x 35 3/4 in.)

	Physical Description
	United States Army Air Service (USAAS) 139th Aero Squadron aircraft fabric insignia; Roman god Mercury depicted in white paint on olive-green camouflage background fabric; six red, white, and blue American roundels depicted; 34 black German crosses depicted.

	Summary
	This "Mercury" fabric insignia represented the 139th Aero Squadron of the United States Army Air Service during World War I. It was removed from a Spad 13 belonging to the unit.

	Summary
	The 139th Aero Squadron was a day pursuit (fighter) squadron as part of the 2d Pursuit Group, First United States Army. After the 1918 Armistice with Germany the squadron returned to the United States in June 1919 and was demobilized.

	Country of Origin
	France

	Credit Line
	Donated by the family of Robert S. Sanford

	Inventory Number
	A20060426000

	Type
	MEMORABILIA-World War I

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