Ronnie Posted May 23, 2017 Share #1 Posted May 23, 2017 I received a call this morning from the daughter of one of my old coffee drinking buddies who died last year. She said they were going to have an estate sale and if I wanted her dad's military uniforms and gear I was welcomed to it. I drove to the house and loaded up with several sets of Pinks and Greens, 2 visor caps, a bunch of over seas caps, a duffle bag with some gear in it and a shadow box with wings etc displayed. Photographed a few items for you all to see. Thanks. Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38Driver Posted May 23, 2017 Share #2 Posted May 23, 2017 Glad it went to a good home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhalstead1950 Posted May 23, 2017 Share #3 Posted May 23, 2017 I like the bullion 15th, to bad it is faded. Never the less great stuff thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL THE PATCH Posted May 23, 2017 Share #4 Posted May 23, 2017 Congrats, awesome. What bomb group? Sent from my XT1031 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share #5 Posted May 23, 2017 Thanks for the comments. Bill I'm not sure on the bomb group. I will ask his daughter tomorrow. Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share #6 Posted May 23, 2017 Halstead1950 there is also a set of bullion wings. Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted May 23, 2017 Share #7 Posted May 23, 2017 Nice Group Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share #8 Posted May 23, 2017 Thanks Ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share #9 Posted May 23, 2017 An observation about Capt. Dean Willams visor hats, uniforms and gear. At some point during the past 75 years a mouse did a small amount of damage to the leather chin strap on the visor cap. You can clearly see this in the photo above. However at some point Williams placed the visor caps in plastic bags. They were protected. The caps and gear were stored in his foot locker and the uniforms in a closet with cedar blocks attached to them. All kept in a climate controlled room....not in a very hot attic. Attics in Mississippi can get extremely hot. My point in this post is that Capt. Williams took extra precautions with of his WWII history. I have run across dozens of caps, uniforms and gear that were stored in the attic and were for the most part dry rotted and eaten by moths. It's good to run across equipment that was well cared for. Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5thwingmarty Posted May 24, 2017 Share #10 Posted May 24, 2017 If his first name was Marcus, he was a pilot in the 99th BG, 347th BS who flew 9 missions before the war in Europe ended. If this is your man, can you let me know so I can update my records for the 99th BG Historical Society? Marty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted May 24, 2017 Author Share #11 Posted May 24, 2017 Thanks Marty. Yes that's him. Marcus Dean Williams! Good job. He is 2nd from the right on the bottom row. The photo shows one of the visor caps that came with this group. Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted June 7, 2017 Author Share #12 Posted June 7, 2017 Here are some more items I got from the family of my old buddy. The AAF patch is not faded as the patch in the original photo. Anyway I wanted to show you this stuff. Thanks. Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted June 7, 2017 Author Share #13 Posted June 7, 2017 Here is an observation. I think he started his AAF career as a Flying Officer (Warrant Officer). If you can inlarge the group photo above you will notice that apparently all the officers were Warrant Officers. Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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