WW II USAAF Bombardier Estate Collection-Jacket, Medals, Diary, Photos & Jewelry
Bernard Fineman, Staff Sargent, Air Corps, 95th Bombardment Squadron.
Single owner estate grouping, documenting the combat career of a World War II USAAF Bomber Bombardier who served in the European Theater of Operations during World War II
Bernard Fineman, 33586506, Staff Sargent, Air Corps, 95th Bombardment Squadron, 17th Bombardment Group.
Includes.
Iconic flight jacket with mission markers bomb silhouettes on front and hand-painted nose art back-painting featuring the B-17 Flying Fortress, worn in the skies over Europe.
Handwritten Wartime Diary, documenting life on base, first hand accounts of aerial combat etc.
Official Combat Mission List flown, including dates, target cities, bomb loads and flight duration.
Medal Grouping and patches: 1) European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with ribbon.
2) Bronze 16-point compass rose with large American bald eagle diving downwards with ribbons of official colors of the U.S. Army Air Corps including oak leaf cluster pinned to the fabric.
3) Brass pin with wings.
Bombardier's sterling badge.US 12th Air force Jacket Patch.
USAAF Ring military-issue or theater silver ring featuring the iconic and wings insignia.
A commemorative WWII aviation militaria ensemble: featuring name and rank ID Sterling Silver Engraved Bracelet and insignia ring for the Army Air Corps.
Original Combat photographs-black & white.
Even the actual enemy flack that wounded the airman in flight, resulting in his hospitalization, on his 60th final mission, December 17, 1944-Crash landed their B26 Martin Marauder Twin Engine bomber, during the Battle of The Bulge.
Provenance: this grouping has been kept together by the airman's family since 1945 and is offered publicly for the first time.
*WW11 Documentary AIR POWER Narrated by Walter Cronkite, Features bombardier Bernard Fineman in Volume 4: Victory From The Sky (Fineman image is on the front cover of video).
Provenance: Family of the USAAF Bomber.
We offer in-house shipping or pick-up available in N.Y.C. or Hudson Valley, NY.
Condition
Good overall original estate condition, items have expected operational wear and aging consistent with active military service in a combat theater.The leather jacket has some creasing and tears but structurally sound.We offer in-house shipping or pick-up in NYC or Hudson Valley, NY.
Bernard Fineman, Staff Sargent, Air Corps, 95th Bombardment Squadron.
Single owner estate grouping, documenting the combat career of a World War II USAAF Bomber Bombardier who served in the European Theater of Operations during World War II
Bernard Fineman, 33586506, Staff Sargent, Air Corps, 95th Bombardment Squadron, 17th Bombardment Group.
Includes.
Iconic flight jacket with mission markers bomb silhouettes on front and hand-painted nose art back-painting featuring the B-17 Flying Fortress, worn in the skies over Europe.
Handwritten Wartime Diary, documenting life on base, first hand accounts of aerial combat etc.
Official Combat Mission List flown, including dates, target cities, bomb loads and flight duration.
Medal Grouping and patches: 1) European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with ribbon.
2) Bronze 16-point compass rose with large American bald eagle diving downwards with ribbons of official colors of the U.S. Army Air Corps including oak leaf cluster pinned to the fabric.
3) Brass pin with wings.
Bombardier's sterling badge.US 12th Air force Jacket Patch.
USAAF Ring military-issue or theater silver ring featuring the iconic and wings insignia.
A commemorative WWII aviation militaria ensemble: featuring name and rank ID Sterling Silver Engraved Bracelet and insignia ring for the Army Air Corps.
Original Combat photographs-black & white.
Even the actual enemy flack that wounded the airman in flight, resulting in his hospitalization, on his 60th final mission, December 17, 1944-Crash landed their B26 Martin Marauder Twin Engine bomber, during the Battle of The Bulge.
Provenance: this grouping has been kept together by the airman's family since 1945 and is offered publicly for the first time.
*WW11 Documentary AIR POWER Narrated by Walter Cronkite, Features bombardier Bernard Fineman in Volume 4: Victory From The Sky (Fineman image is on the front cover of video).
Provenance: Family of the USAAF Bomber.
We offer in-house shipping or pick-up available in N.Y.C. or Hudson Valley, NY.
Condition
Good overall original estate condition, items have expected operational wear and aging consistent with active military service in a combat theater.The leather jacket has some creasing and tears but structurally sound.We offer in-house shipping or pick-up in NYC or Hudson Valley, NY.
