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Lufbery · 26 October 2001, 08:39 AM

Ace,

I can't answer your question directly, but the pictures on Ro§bud's WWI photo site (http://members.home.net/flyingaces/archive1.htm) Show the top insignia on a LE Niuport 17 and the bottom insignia on a US 103rd Spad 13.

Furthermore, the original insignia for the LE was taken from the logo for Savage Arms. Take a look at this web page to see what I mean: Quality reprint of the Savage Arms catalog #24, c. 1909 (Second edition) (http://www.savage99.com/catalog24.htm).

So, the bottom line is that I think the top insignia is the first one used. By the time the LE was rolled into the US 103rd, they were using the second one.

-Drew

26 October 2001, 08:39 AM	#2
Lufbery Forum Ace Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: Harrisburg, PA Posts: 2,748	Ace, I can't answer your question directly, but the pictures on Ro§bud's WWI photo site (http://members.home.net/flyingaces/archive1.htm) Show the top insignia on a LE Niuport 17 and the bottom insignia on a US 103rd Spad 13. Furthermore, the original insignia for the LE was taken from the logo for Savage Arms. Take a look at this web page to see what I mean: Quality reprint of the Savage Arms catalog #24, c. 1909 (Second edition) (http://www.savage99.com/catalog24.htm). So, the bottom line is that I think the top insignia is the first one used. By the time the LE was rolled into the US 103rd, they were using the second one. -Drew __________________ Drew Ames "Drew can talk -- by Jove, how the man can talk!" -- James Norman Hall in "High Adventure"