Original U.S. WWII Goldfish Club 534th Bomb Squadron DFC Recipient’s Uniform & Ephemera Grouping - Lieutenant John A. Martyniak, B-17 Pilot Vietnam Messines and Passchendaele

Messines and Passchendaele

The large metal Reichsadler (National Eagle) badge on the front of the helmet is in very good condition

The inside of the cap is lined with blue gray fabric

This has made the factory polish final grind cross grain on the obverse somewhat faint

Bourne married Agnes Evelyn Thompson

Original U.S. WWII Goldfish Club 534th Bomb Squadron DFC Recipient’s Uniform & Ephemera Grouping - Lieutenant John A. Martyniak, B-17 Pilot Vietnam Messines and PasschendaeleOriginal Items. One of a Kind Grouping. This is the tremendous uniform grouping of 1st Lieutenant B 17 Pilot John Andrew Martyniak, 534th Bombardment Squadron, 381st Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force. Martyniak would not only be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with four OLCs, but was also a member of the Goldfish Club, membership of which was only available to aviators who have ditched out or Baled out over the sea. Martyniak