Do you recognize the insignia/patch?

[Amos Keeto]

This is my uncle. My dad's only brother. He died in 1951.
He served in the Army Air Corp, but the war ended before his training did. I was 3 days shy of my 1st birthday when he passed of "Hotchkins Disease".

Below the "US" insignia on his left lapel is the "wings/propeller" pin of the Army Air Corps...I think.
Do any of you recognize the patch on his left shoulder, or know where I could research it?

 

[thetoe]

3rd Air Force https://www.aviatorgear.com/p-33629-3-af-patch.aspx

 

[insanelupus]

3rd AF - 3rd Air Force - WWII - World War II

3rd Air Force of the Army Air Forces in World War II

www.armyaircorpsmuseum.org

 

[2531usmc]

i Do know it’s possible to obtain veteran military records through the services or national archive. I got my dads records in ww2 and my forefathers records from the civil war.

 

[Olsolitaire1]

This is the WWII patch he is wearing.

 

[JMasson]

Others said it already but that’s the 3rd Air Force patch. It is now one of the major commands in U.S. Air Forces Europe and Air Forces Africa.

 

[Amos Keeto]

Others said it already but that’s the 3rd Air Force patch. It is now one of the major commands in U.S. Air Forces Europe and Air Forces Africa.

Except when he wore it, it was the "Army" Third Air Corps. The "Air Force" wasn't established until September 1948.

 

[JMasson]

Except when he wore it, it was the "Army" Third Air Corps. The "Air Force" wasn't established until September 1948.

That’s not exactly correct. The Air Force wasn’t established until 1948 and it was called the Army Air Corps; however, major subordinate commands were broken down into “Air Forces” and further into Wings, etc. It very similar to the way the USAF is task organized currently.