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  • The Ninety-Nines Inc. Pin

     Note: This item is currently in storage.This pin belonged to Lt. Col. Jeanette C. Kapus, who was part of WASP Class 44-W-4, graduating in May 1944. She flew B-13s, PT-17s, PT-19s and B-17s during her career and retired from the U.S. Air Force as a lieutenant colonel in 1972. Kapus was a member of

  • Randall Model 14 Knife with Sheath

    Note: This item is currently in storage.The donor served in the Air Force from 1967-1996 and later served as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs from 2007-2009. During his career, he flew the O-1, AT-28, T-37, T-33 and A-10 and was a forward air controller (FAC)

  • Manchurian Flag

    Note: This item is currently in storage.According to the donor, the flag was given to him by a Russian soldier when he was liberated from a Manchurian prison camp in 1945.Donated by Maj. (Ret.) Charles Beck.Click here to return to the Featured Accessions index.

  • Lafayette Escadrille Banner

    Note: This item is currently in storage.During World War I, many Americans citizens volunteered with the Lafayette Flying Corps to serve as volunteer pilots and observers in French combat squadrons. In April 1916, the most famous American squadron, N124 "Escadrille Americaine," was established. Once

  • Cavalry Officer Collar Insignia

    Note: This item is currently in storage. The donor's father, a colonel in the Army Air Corps in World War II, participated in the Bataan Death March from Bataan to San Fernando and was prisoner of war in Sheng-Chi-Tun Prison Camp for three and half years.Donated by Mr. H.H.C. Richards.Click here to

  • Aid to Britain Medal

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This medal was presented to Lt. Col. William C. Lambert. Although he was America's second leading ace during World War I, he received little notice because he did not serve with a U.S. flying unit. Lt. Col. Lambert scored 22 victories between April and August

  • 870th Bombardment Squadron Fabric

    Note: This item is currently in storage.The painted fabric insignia represents the 870th Bombardment Squadron, which was part of the 20th Air Force, XX Bomber Command, 73rd Bomb Wing, 497th Bomb Group. The unit flew B-17s and later B-29s and saw combat in the Western Pacific from Nov. 1, 1944,

  • 354th Fighter Squadron Commander Challenge Coin

    Note: This item is currently in storage.The donor, an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot, was one of the first seven women to go through fighter training once prohibition of women in combat was lifted in 1991. She was also the first woman to command a fighter squadron (354th Fighter Squadron at Davis-Monthan

  • 91st Aero Squadron Banner

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This banner belonged to the donor's uncle, Dulis Clyde Young, a pilot during World War II.Donated by Mr. Donald Y. Gilmore.Click here to return to the Featured Accessions index.

  • 14th Air Force Insignia Winning Design

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This banner was awarded to the donor's father, Howard Arnegard, for the winning design in Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault's contest for the 14th Air Force insignia. It was made in 1944 in China. The Chinese lettering translates to the English wording on the