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A-2, Summer Weight Flight Jackets

Captain Everett Graves was a B-24 Liberator pilot, and member of the 460th Bomb Group, the Black Panthers. He flew a total of 50 bomb missions in WWII. Wounded in the shoulder and neck on this ninth mission over the marshalling yards of Castel-Maggiore, Italy, he returned to action a few weeks later.

Robert M. Mitchell was a B-17 ball turret gunner in World War Two. He explains here a short conversation he had with his father, a World War One veteran, shortly before he shipped out for basic training.

Excerpts from the book, including jacket images, ephemera, stories, plus audio and video interviews.

Other Art

In his spare time between his 30 missions flown over Europe, SSG Harvey Brundage carved these aircraft models from broken pieces of bomber windshields.

These WWII aircraft models were hand-carved from broken pieces of bomber windshield's by SSG Harvey Brundage in his spare time while stationed in England.

Diaries, Writings, and Documents

Captain Walter Thomason kept these “bomb tags” and are a set of 34. Each tag briefly described a particular mission over occupied Europe, including the date, the target, the bomb load, and mission number.

These tags served as safety devices on the bombs, and became a diary of sorts for Captain Walter Thomason, who recorded information about each of his 34 missions.