Original U.S. WWII 350th Bomb Squadron Named Co-Pilot Crush Cap Spanish Military Equipment it makes a good story

it makes a good story but the collector from whom this came swore up and down that it was recovered from the Chesapeake Bay after almost 200 years of being encased in solid hard silt on the bottom of the bay

dater and carriage door opener

but the post-war years brought a collapse in the market for fine sporting arms

Stephens was Killed in Action and his trunk full of belongings was shipped home to his family where it remained largely undisturbed until recently coming to the market

Original U.S. WWII 350th Bomb Squadron Named Co-Pilot Crush Cap Spanish Military Equipment it makes a good storyOriginal Item: One of a kind. 2nd Lieutenant Kenneth O Blair Army serial number 12046803 was born in New Jersey in 1923 and enlisted in March, 1942 in Trenton at the age of 19. He trained as a pilot and became a Co Pilot in crews captained by 1st Lt Norman H. Scott and 1st Lt Kenneth I. Menzie in the 350th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force during WWII. Research shows that he was a member of the Co Pilot class 43 B and suffered an unknown