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LM-12
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posted 11-09-2017 10:55 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for LM-12     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The Apollo 1 crew can be seen wearing their mission patch in photo KSC-67PC-16 dated January 17, 1967.

I didn't realize the mission patch had also been worn at the left shoulder, as Roger Chaffee is doing in photo KSC-366C-126-16. That photo is dated October 18, 1966.

Mike Dixon
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posted 11-09-2017 11:59 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Mike Dixon   Click Here to Email Mike Dixon     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Let alone the reverse shoulder for the flag.

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posted 11-10-2017 12:05 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for LM-12     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The mission patch moved from the left shoulder, but the flag stayed at the right shoulder. Are there photos of all three crewmen wearing the mission patch at the left shoulder?

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posted 11-10-2017 04:59 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Tom   Click Here to Email Tom     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Here's one of Grissom:

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posted 11-10-2017 07:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for LM-12     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
There is some footage of Grissom, White and Chaffee wearing their Apollo 1 mission patch at the left shoulder in "The Mighty Saturns: Saturn 1 and 1B" from Spacecraft Films.

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posted 11-11-2017 01:01 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for LM-12     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Photo S68-26203 shows Ed White in the altitude chamber wearing his mission patch at the left shoulder.

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posted 11-13-2017 02:23 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for LM-12     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Found more AS-204 footage at the altitude chamber from SpaceInHD.

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posted 11-14-2017 10:18 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for LM-12     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Where would the crew have suited up on the planned launch date of Feb 21? Would the suiting-up room on the third floor of the MSOB have been ready by that time?

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posted 09-27-2019 09:30 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for LM-12     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Retro Space Images has this nice colour photo of Gus Grissom wearing the Apollo 1 mission patch on his left shoulder.

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