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

A great collector’s item from the British WWI era

with many being brought home by returning servicemen

Bourne married Agnes Evelyn Thompson

The lockplate surface has a nice gray patina

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