The Germans reestablished their line across Italy at the level of Pisa and Rimini
This is a genuine example that was repainted at some point in its life
with the brass crossed rifles emblem of the shooting association
it is mounted in a door and operated by a member of the crew
The troops were loaded down like a convoy of one-man bands
Original U.S. WWII POW Stalag Luft III Uniform Group of Lt. Ira Middaugh, 337th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group - Shot Down in B-17F “Mary R.” in 1943 German Militaria The Germans reestablished their lineOriginal Items. One of a Kind Group. This is a great uniform grouping attributed to Lieutenant Ira Middaugh, who was a co pilot on the B 17F Mary R in the 337th Bombardment Squadron, 96th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force. On July 26th, 1943, he and his crew were shot down over Eindorf, near Walsrode, Germany when an enemy aircraft knocked out two of their engines. Middaugh was taken as a prisoner of war, and kept in the POW camp Stalag Luft III. The
