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 membersDouglas BaderCharles Bassett, Boom BoomPrince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, HRH The LionEric Brown, WinkleScott Crossfield, RocketBill Dana, JoseEugene P. Deatrick, BismarkJimmy DoolittleGeorge J. Dufek, PenguinSteve Fossett, CucumberGabby Gabreski, GabbyAdolf Galland, The Red KnightJerauld R. Gentry, Flying BathtubArthur Godfrey, BunkieBarry Goldwater, Gold DustRichard P. Hallion, Memory BankBob Hoover, MustangDietrich HrabakCharles H. Kaman, Pres. Kaman AircraftJoseph Kittinger, The JumpWilliam J. Knight, Lickety SplitClay Lacy, RaceyBill Lear, King LearTony LeVier, LightningJames McDivitt, Gemini CricketDick Merrill, Old Ping Pong BallsRobin Olds, PhantomGünther RallHanna Reitsch, Supersonic SueRobert Rushworth, North StarBurt Rutan[13]Herman Salmon, FishWalter Schirra, Jr., Sky RayRobert Lee Scott, Jr., Shoe ClerkIgor Sikorsky, Winged SJohannes SteinhoffRobert L. Stephens, The Silver Fox IIKenneth L. Tallman, Iron WindPaul Tibbets, Big BangRobert Stanford Tuck, SpitfireRoscoe Turner, The RoarJoseph Walker, Mach 7
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