JDK Posted October 24, 2014 Share #51 Posted October 24, 2014 I wondered if you got that Kurt Haha...I couldn't resist. I paid for it, but I love fighter ace related items! JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share #52 Posted June 11, 2015 Here is another early Type I to add: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share #53 Posted June 11, 2015 Here is a nice early Type I to a USMC 2nd LT, who later earned a DFC at Midway in 1942. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack cook Posted July 8, 2015 Share #54 Posted July 8, 2015 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share #55 Posted February 10, 2016 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share #56 Posted April 5, 2020 back up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted May 29, 2021 Author Share #57 Posted May 29, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted August 3, 2021 Author Share #58 Posted August 3, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted May 31, 2023 Author Share #59 Posted May 31, 2023 1951 dated Naval Aviator Certificate to a 1946 Naval Academy graduate who died in a plane crash at Pensacola in 1951. https://usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/JAMES_M._SMITH,_JR.,_LTJG,_USN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-17Guy Posted August 20, 2023 Share #60 Posted August 20, 2023 Here is a recent NAP addition- John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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