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S/Sgt Alfred Clark's British made wings.


Kilroy56
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These well worn wings belonged to Alfred M. Clark who, on Sept 16th 1943, was the tail gunner of B-17 F # 42-30064 piloted by Lt Robert H. Wolf.

Intended destination was Bordeaux , France.  As the aircraft named Wild Cargo approached the target...

More on 100th BG official website :

https://www.100thbg.com/index.php?option=com_bombgrp&view=macr&id=9&Itemid=394

 

 

 

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Great find Dom.  The photo of the front of the wings has a crazy little JPG artifact in that it shifted the top portion of the wing over a bit.  I do a lot of 3D printing and I thought it was a layer shift as that's exactly what they look like.  Seeing the back of the badge it's nice to see that the wing does not have a layer shift, ha ha.  I love these British made wings and having the provenance with it makes it even more special.  

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