P-59A Posted December 15, 2018 Share #1 Posted December 15, 2018 I just got this. Sgt Vernon R. Pearce was with the 49th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter Group and had been with the 8th, 12th and 15th U.S.A.A.F. in England, Africa and Italy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share #2 Posted December 15, 2018 Bible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share #3 Posted December 15, 2018 Training books with notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share #4 Posted December 15, 2018 Coins and ring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share #5 Posted December 15, 2018 Good conduct he sent to his mom and his other medals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share #6 Posted December 15, 2018 Listed in 1st group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share #7 Posted December 15, 2018 Service award Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share #8 Posted December 15, 2018 discharge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share #9 Posted December 15, 2018 back of discharge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share #10 Posted December 15, 2018 1942, not sure of what the stripes on his jacket are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share #11 Posted December 15, 2018 Vernon R Pearce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share #12 Posted December 15, 2018 photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share #13 Posted December 15, 2018 photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share #14 Posted December 15, 2018 The wings do not make sense to me, are they even real? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share #15 Posted December 15, 2018 The .50 cal shell isn't brass. I had no idea they did that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusl4 Posted December 15, 2018 Share #16 Posted December 15, 2018 very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share #17 Posted December 16, 2018 In this photo Sgt. Pearce is the guy on the left in the bomb crater. The glass's he is wearing are these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share #18 Posted December 16, 2018 I am trying to figure out if everything listed rates a battle star on the ETO medal. If so I count 11 places. Well do they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share #19 Posted December 16, 2018 From another web site..."Yes; beginning 1941/42, the US realized that they were going to have a serious copper shortage thanks to war demand, so they started experiments on switching production of 30 and 50 calibre ammo to steel cases (copper being the major component of brass). In 50 cal, Frankford Arsenal did the majority of this work, with most experiments aimed at preventing rust and corrosion (you can imagine the hell it would cause if you tried to fire a belt of rusty, linked 50s), and Hackley, Woodin, & Scranton says they ended up producing around 9 million rounds of ball, AP, and dummy ammo in 50 BMG. They achieved the best results with something called “Zinc-Cronak” plating, which is actually what your dummy is coated with." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Ragan Posted December 16, 2018 Share #20 Posted December 16, 2018 The wings do not make sense to me, are they even real? Why would a Sergeant in a fighter group be wearing aircrew wings? Looks like somebody at some point in time dolled-up this uniform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share #21 Posted December 16, 2018 Why would a Sergeant in a fighter group be wearing aircrew wings? Looks like somebody at some point in time dolled-up this uniform. That is correct, I contacted the seller who bought this in his youth and in fact he did add these many years ago and forgot he did. I have removed them from the grouping. At the time he thought it made the grouping "look cool". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share #22 Posted January 21, 2019 1942, not sure of what the stripes on his jacket are. This is the reply to my question sent to the 14th Fighter Group Association of the Army Air Corps Museum and Library. R Coalter 5:52 PM (47 minutes ago) to me These are likely theater made 6 months overseas service bars. Looks like 3. He probably had the first two made at the same time and then needed another and had somebody make it up for him. They look a little long but if he had a ‘local’ in Italy make them for him that would not be surprising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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