ORIGINAL HISTORICAL EPHEMERA
WWII B-24 BOMBER PLANE
SILVER STAR MEDAL FLIGHT NAVIGATOR
WHO EARNED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS
AND FLEW 50+ DANGEROUS MISSIONS OVERSEAS
ROBERT L. KELLER
VINTAGE CAREER DOCUMENTS & PHOTOS
USAF 723rd BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON
450th BOMBARDMENT GROUP
Lt. KELLER
WAS LEAD NAVIGATOR ON A KEY MISSION
TO BOMB DRY DOCKS & REPAIR SHOPS IN
SOUTHERN FRANCE AND SUCCESSFULLY LEAD
THE BOMBER GROUP THROUGH CONFUSING
SMOKE SCREENS & INTENSE FLAK BARRAGE
EARNING HIM THE DISTINGUISHED CROSS
Lt KELLER ESCAPED DEATH
ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS INCLUDING
ON A MISSION OVER BUDAPEST WHERE
HE TOOK A DIRECT HIT FROM FLAK
BUT WAS SAVED BY HIS HELMET
THERE ARE
18 PIECES IN TOTAL:
1- FULL UNIFORM SWEETHEART PHOTO OF
Lt KELLER AND HIS WIFE - 8x10
6 - SNAPSHOT PHOTOS OF Lt KELLER &
HIS WIFE IN VARIOUS UNIFORMS
1- MODERN REPRINT PHOTO Lt KELLER IN HIS
FLIGHT SUIT W/ B-24 DINAH MIGHT NOSE ART
PROUDLY IN THE BACKGROUND - 8x10
3 - DOUBLE-SIDED HANDWRITTEN LETTER PAGES
W/ SACK TIME SADIE B-24 MENTION & MOVEMENT
DETAILS OVER MANY TRIPS & HUMOROUS
FLIGHT CREW BIOS:
Sgt FRANK CAMPBELL, RADIOMAN
Sgt JOHN PEJEY, TURRET GUNNER
Sgt EDWARD FEDOR, TAIL-GUNNER
Sgt RONALD BOUCHER, BELLY-GUNNER
Sgt JOHN LOMBARDO, WAIST-GUNNER
Lt HARRY KELLMAN, PILOT
Lt CARL HUBER, CO-PILOT
SAMUEL BAILEN, BOMBARDIER
Sgt GEORGE FRANZ, ENGINEER
1 - ARMY AIR FORCES TRAINING COMMAND SELMAN FIELD,
LOUISIANA NAVIGATOR CERTIFICATE
1 - IMMUNIZATION VACCINATION REGISTER
W/ BLOOD TYPE 'O' NEGATIVE
1 - DENTAL IDENTIFICATION RECORD SURVEY - 9/11/43
1 - MILITARY RECORD TRANSCRIPT AUTOGRAPH SIGNED
BY ASST AIR ADJUTANT GENERAL JOHN W. JONES
1 - ARMY AIR FORCES SOUTHEAST TRAINING CENTER
AERIAL NAVIGATOR EXTRACT SIGNED BY G. B. GLEGHORN
1 - RESTRICTED 15th AIR FORCE SILVER STAR
& DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS MEDALS GENERAL
ORDERS WITH RECIPIENTS BIOS INCLUDING:
HENRY P. FINCH - 449th BOMBARDMENT GROUP
JAMES T. JORDAN - 98th BOMBARDMENT GROUP
ELMER C. MEADE - 449th BOMBARDMENT GROUP
JOHN C. MOORE - 98th BOMBARDMENT GROUP
HERMAN J. HOCHMAN - 98TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP
1 - REPORT OF SURVEY PROPERTY VOUCHER FOR
NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT LOST DURING AN
EMERGENCY LANDING OCT 10th 1943 SIGNED
BY Lt. Col. G. M. PIKE NOV 1943
ALL PIECES ARE
IN GOOD CONDITION,
W/ TYPICAL HOLE-PUNCH TEARS
& LIGHT AGE WEAR
PLEASE SEE IMAGES
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