BEAST Posted November 9, 2008 Share #1 Posted November 9, 2008 Milton F. Popp was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana and began practicing medicine and surgery in 1933. He was a graduate of Ohio State University and the Northwestern University School of Medicine. Beginning in June of 1942, 30 percent of the doctors in Fort Wayne left to enter military service. Dr. Popp was one of these physicians, entering onto active duty in September of 1942 at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Upon completion of training at Naval Air Training Center (NATC) in Pensacola, Florida, Popp was assigned to the USS Independence. He participated in 9 campaigns and was discharged in 1946. His awards include the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal with four campaign stars, Philippine Liberation Medal with three campaign stars, American Campaign Medal and WWII Victory Medal. After the war, Lieutenant Commander Popp returned to Fort Wayne to resume his practice. First his coat: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted November 9, 2008 Author Share #2 Posted November 9, 2008 Closeup of his ribbons and wings: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted November 9, 2008 Author Share #3 Posted November 9, 2008 Popp's flight helmet and goggles: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted November 9, 2008 Author Share #4 Posted November 9, 2008 Helmet label: Box for his goggles: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted November 9, 2008 Author Share #5 Posted November 9, 2008 Green lens for goggles: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted November 9, 2008 Share #6 Posted November 9, 2008 Very nice and very rare, Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted November 9, 2008 Author Share #7 Posted November 9, 2008 Very nice and very rare, Kurt Thanks Kurt! This is one of those groups that I feel very privaledged to own. It is a little extra special as Dr. Popp was from my hometown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croix de Guerre Posted November 9, 2008 Share #8 Posted November 9, 2008 Very cool group! Did you get it from the family? Do you have any photos of Dr. Popp? (Unusual last name! ) Now, I'll share my ignorance,,what exactly was a flight surgeon? Was he a qualified aviator? Ya'll don't beat me up,,I'm sensitive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted November 9, 2008 Author Share #9 Posted November 9, 2008 Very cool group! Did you get it from the family? Do you have any photos of Dr. Popp? (Unusual last name! ) Now, I'll share my ignorance,,what exactly was a flight surgeon? Was he a qualified aviator? Ya'll don't beat me up,,I'm sensitive! CdG, No worries! A Flight Surgeon is a specialist in aviation medicine although I believe it is now aerospace medicine. As far back as WWI (probably before that even), military pilots had to undergo different physicals (flight physicals) to determine their fitness for flight. There are Flight Surgeon's who also conduct research into the effects of flight on the body. Wikipedia has a good page on Flight Surgeons: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_surgeon. To get more information from the horses' mouth, see the Society of US Naval FLight Surgeons website ( http://www.aerospacemed.org/). There are some good movie examples that have flight surgeons playing prominent roles. 12 O'Clock High (Paul Stewart as Doc Kaiser) and Dive Bomber (Errol Flynn as Doug Lee) are two that come to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry_k Posted November 9, 2008 Share #10 Posted November 9, 2008 wow! That is very nice find! I like the helmet set!!!!! Best regards, Jerry K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FightenIrish35 Posted November 9, 2008 Share #11 Posted November 9, 2008 Aazing BEAST simply amazing..i love that bullion wing on the breast...Congrats on having sucha nice piece of history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Dan Posted November 9, 2008 Share #12 Posted November 9, 2008 Nice addition I'm jealous. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cooper Posted November 12, 2008 Share #13 Posted November 12, 2008 Beautiflu bullion wing and the rest aint bad neither John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share #14 Posted July 6, 2012 I was searching on-line for moe information on Doctor Popp, and ran across this group photo of him with a few torpedo pilots. According to one website, CVLG(N)41 was aboard the Independence from August 1944 through January 1945. The caption from the website ( http://users.conwaycorp.net/flyboy/pictures_7.htm )reads: "Torpedo pilots, Night Air Group CVLG(N)41. From left in front are: "Jug" Williams, F. M. Archer, J. Taylor, Jack Dewis and R. M. Hobson. In back are C. Colburn Hardy, Robert Campaigne, Mac McNair, W. R. "Reb" Taylor (killed in action), Bill Phelps, Don Linton and Dr. Milton F. Popp." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share #15 Posted July 22, 2013 Thanks to an old friend of mine and a fellow forum member, I was able to reunite a few more of the good doctor's items. His Victory Wallet His writing kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share #16 Posted July 22, 2013 And his white visor cap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDK Posted July 22, 2013 Share #17 Posted July 22, 2013 Very nice! Congrats on getting the other items! JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack's Son Posted July 22, 2013 Share #18 Posted July 22, 2013 Darn if those other pieces don't look brand new, C. How did your friend find them, it has been awhile? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nack Posted July 22, 2013 Share #19 Posted July 22, 2013 Sweet! And Go Bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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