jim2 Posted August 23, 2007 Share #1 Posted August 23, 2007 This is my latest buy. This uniform belonged Colonel Merrill H Carlton Jr who was the commanding officer of the 6147th Mosquito Squadron in Korea, and the Commander of the 6th Rescue Squadron in WWII. The uniform came along with a lot of paperwork, including his own typed biography. The uniform is missing his Command Pilot wings that I was told were kept by his widow. His uniform Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim2 Posted August 23, 2007 Author Share #2 Posted August 23, 2007 Close up of his sewn ribbons: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim2 Posted August 23, 2007 Author Share #3 Posted August 23, 2007 Here is his personally written biography: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim2 Posted August 23, 2007 Author Share #4 Posted August 23, 2007 Bio Cont' According to his paperwork He flew 15 combat missions, 116 combat hrs in b-17 & 0a-10a in the pacific in WWII. In Korea he has 66 combat missions, 147 combat hrs in the T-6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted August 23, 2007 Share #5 Posted August 23, 2007 VERY NICE Jim!! Best regards, Ricardo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustin Posted August 23, 2007 Share #6 Posted August 23, 2007 very nice! air sea rescue is a passion of mine and do not encounter ID'd items like this very often attached is a picture from the 6th ERS maybe one of these guys are your boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim2 Posted October 9, 2007 Author Share #7 Posted October 9, 2007 Well I heard back from NARA today and the sent me a form to copy his OMPF (official military personnel file) which consists of 97 pages for a fee of $48.50. Has anyone heard of this before? Is it worth it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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