This article is about the motorcycle club. For other uses, see. Hells Angels MC Motto 'Angels Forever, Forever Angels' (traditional) 'When we do right, nobody remembers. Game Celestia Luna. When we do wrong, nobody forgets.' (unspecific, one-percenter saying) Founded March 17, 1948; 69 years ago ( 1948-03-17) Leader title National President Key people Type Region Worldwide (425 chapters in 50 countries) Website Abbreviation HA, 81, HAMC The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club ( HAMC) is a worldwide motorcycle club whose members typically ride motorcycles. The organization is predominantly white male and considered to be an syndicate by the.

Usually this signifies a member of a MC that has killed for the club or has put his life on the line to defend the club - whether in biker wars or bar. According to urban myth: The Filthy Few patches mean that a member has killed for the club, but HAMC members have publicly stated that this is not true, and that the patch is given when a member does something for the club that is above and beyond the norm. Nazi symbols and regalia were first used by HAMC for shock value.

In the United States and Canada, the Hells Angels are as the Hells Angels Motorcycle Corporation. Common nicknames for the club are the 'H.A.' , 'Red & White', 'HAMC' and '81'. This B-17F, tail number 41-24577, was named Hell's Angels after the 1930 about. The Hells Angels were formed on March 17, 1948, by the Bishop family in followed by an amalgamation of former members from different motorcycle clubs, such as the. The Hells Angels' website denies the suggestion that any misfit or malcontent troops are connected with the motorcycle club.

Fsx - Venezuela Scenery Svpa. The website also notes that the name was suggested by Arvid Olsen, an associate of the founders, who had served in the Flying Tigers' 'Hell's Angels' squadron in China during World War II. The name 'Hell's Angels' was inspired by the typical naming of American squadrons, or other fighting groups, with a fierce, death-defying title in World Wars I and II, e.g., the () in Burma and China fielded three squadrons of P-40s and the third Squadron was called 'Hell's Angels'. In 1930, the film displayed extraordinary and dangerous feats of aviation, and it is believed that the World War II groups who used that name based it on the film. Some of the early history of the HAMC is not clear, and accounts differ.

According to, founder of the chapter, early chapters of the club were founded in,,, and elsewhere, with the members usually being unaware that there were other clubs. One of the lesser known clubs existed in North /South, in the late 1960s.

Other sources claim that the Hells Angels in San Francisco were organized in 1953 by Rocky Graves, a Hells Angel member from ('Berdoo') implying that the 'Frisco' Hells Angels were very much aware of their forebears. The 'Frisco' Hells Angels were reorganized in 1955 with thirteen charter members, Frank Sadilek serving as President, and using the smaller, original logo. The Oakland chapter, at the time headed by Barger, used a larger version of the 'Death's Head' patch nicknamed the 'Barger Larger', which was first used in 1959. It later became the club standard. The Hells Angels are often depicted in semi-mythical romantic fashion like the 19th-century: free-spirited, iconic, bound by brotherhood and loyalty. At other times, such as in the 1966 film, they are depicted as violent and nihilistic, little more than a violent criminal gang and a scourge on society.