WWII Troop Carrier Flight Jacket Patch

Here is a large 1st Troop Carrier Command patch, embroidered on back twill with a cheese cloth backing. Measures 4 3/4' The command's mission was specialized training of combat crews for the air assault/air resupply mission tasked to the Army Air Forces. It was responsible directly to AAF Headquarters for the majority of the war, later coming under the umbrella of the Continental Air Forces in the spring of 1945