Original U.S. WWII Shot Down B-24 Stalag Luft III POW Named Grouping - 385th Bomb Group Stocks Years of Manufacture: 1864

Years of Manufacture: 1864

See "BOARDERS AWAY PART 2 " by Gilkerson Pages 236 and 237

Like most paratroop units involved in Overlord

This was followed by the establishment of VR-3 on December 29

The knife has wood grips with steel securing bolts

Original U.S. WWII Shot Down B-24 Stalag Luft III POW Named Grouping - 385th Bomb Group Stocks Years of Manufacture: 1864Original Items: One of a kind set. Thumbing through the a binder full wartime research and learning the story of this B 17 pilot will give you chills. Lieutenant Colonel Luther Paul Newcomer (ASN 0 692809), United States Army Air Forces, served as a Lieutenant with the 385th Bombardment Group, 551st Bomb Squadron of the legendary 8th Air Force. Lt. Newcomer was the pilot on the B 17 aircraft #42 31598 MOON GLOW which was shot down by flak and crashed