Original U.S. WWII Stalag Luft 4 POW Named Grouping - 8th Air Force Bomber Ball Turret Gunner MG 15 The carbine bayonet

The carbine bayonet

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20 equipped 12th and 98th Sentais

Original U.S. WWII Stalag Luft 4 POW Named Grouping - 8th Air Force Bomber Ball Turret Gunner MG 15 The carbine bayonetOriginal Items: One of a kind set. Sergeant John Frederick Nelson ASN 39040050 was assigned to the 8th Air Force, 390th Bombardment Group, 568th Bomb Squadron during World War Two. He was a ball turret gunner aboard various Boeing B 17 Flying Fortresses and flew dozens of successful missions earning him the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters. On June 25th, 1944 as part of 2nd Lt. Kenneth L. Houghton crew, his plane was shot down. He survived but