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NAVAL AVIATOR CERTIFICATES 1937-1955


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Here is a nice early Type I to a USMC 2nd LT, who later earned a DFC at Midway in 1942.

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The certificate posted by 'Jumpin Jack' off Paul Bucher's NA certificate was interesting. My dear friend Bill 'Beads' Popp of VF-17/VF-84 was his division leader. Bill was the other half off the mid-air having been hit by Butcher who had lost sight of him. A few years before Bill passed he received a phone call out of the blue from a member of Butcher's family swearing at Bill and then hanging up. :-( I have Bill's certificate and a few other odds and ends inc his uniform, photos and a piece of the Corsair he up-ended at Torokina after getting his by Zeros over Rabaul.

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The certificate posted by 'Jumpin Jack' off Paul Bucher's NA certificate was interesting. My dear friend Bill 'Beads' Popp of VF-17/VF-84 was his division leader. Bill was the other half off the mid-air having been hit by Butcher who had lost sight of him. A few years before Bill passed he received a phone call out of the blue from a member of Butcher's family swearing at Bill and then hanging up. :-( I have Bill's certificate and a few other odds and ends inc his uniform, photos and a piece of the Corsair he up-ended at Torokina after getting his by Zeros over Rabaul.

 

Hi Jack

I have some mail Bill Popp sent while with VF-17 in 1943 that I bought at a Stamp Show in Oregon years ago. Unfortunately there are no letters, just the envelopes.

Kurt

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1940 dated certificate to a Naval Academy graduate who served with VPB-105 during WWII hunting German subs.

 

His ID book is covered with muddy sand . I have all of his material and am assuming he may have been in an accident at some point that caused it to get like this. None of his other material is in this kind of condition so I don’t think it was in a house during a flood.

 

 

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This one filled a hole in my collection.

 

this is a naval aviator certificate issued to a British fleet air arm pilot who was trained by the US Navy. He flew Avengers throughout the war.

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