I purchased this named A-2 jacket, a Perry in goatskin, this past summer from fellow member, Tim (Bombs Away). He was able to determine from the stitch holes/shoulder patch shape what the likely bomb group was, then found the flyer's squadron number. The info trail stopped there so he decided to sell. Well, here's the cool part - a real needle-in-the-haystack fluke. Oddly enough, the remainder of this flyer's grouping recently came up for auction on Ebay and Tim saw it and remembered the name. He didn't have to but he rapidly connected the dots and informed me as the most recent steward of this A-2. I about fell out of my chair! It would have been a shame and a disservice to a vet to miss out on this. Tim's collection has always inspired me and I owe him one.
Well, we paid more for this class A tunic than any other we have but this one was special and needed to be "home" with the owner's flight jacket. Included was his named class A tunic (with a great patch, wings etc.), his bombardier school class book, his Combat training crew photo, graduation program, and Combat Crew Diploma, his named Bomb Group book, and some target photos.
There is more to be learned about the late Mr. Warner but we are just happy it is all back together, I know he would be.
Well, we paid more for this class A tunic than any other we have but this one was special and needed to be "home" with the owner's flight jacket. Included was his named class A tunic (with a great patch, wings etc.), his bombardier school class book, his Combat training crew photo, graduation program, and Combat Crew Diploma, his named Bomb Group book, and some target photos.
There is more to be learned about the late Mr. Warner but we are just happy it is all back together, I know he would be.