Navy Cruiser Scouting Squadron 2, c. 1930s-40s Graphite and Crayon Flying Bat Logo Drawing antique post box with not an extraneous thing

with not an extraneous thing about it

There's a bit of Wilson Walkie/ Ramp Walker to those cloddish feet

4 1/4" l x 1 1/2" w x 1 1/2" and in good structural shape

is reminiscent of Plains and Plateau Native American parfleche bags

rounded frame like this in my years of looking for them--a shape which I find exceptionally graceful (and the thinness of which makes the slates survival seem all the more improbable)

Navy Cruiser Scouting Squadron 2, c. 1930s-40s Graphite and Crayon Flying Bat Logo Drawing antique post box with not an extraneous thingHow to resist this charmer of a flying bat? Surrounded by Halloween orange to boot. As noted, this specific flying bat insignia belonged to the Navy Cruiser Scouting Squadron 2 (VCS 2), which was active during the World War II. Apparently, the use of the flying bat was first adopted in 1923 by pilots stationed at Guantanamo Bay to humorously comment on their scout aircraft, which they felt were so poorly suited for observation that the crews were