Lt Howard W Danks flew as a P-47 fighter pilot with the 8th Army Air Corps and 12th Army Air Corps (66th Fighter Squadron, 57th Fighter Group) before becoming a fighter pilot instructor in Byran, Texas.  On 05/05/1945 Lt Danks was tragically killed when his At-6 aircraft collided with another aircraft during a training exercise.

This uniform group includes:

• Beautiful English-Made Ike Jacket with brown Bakelite buttons, satin lining, and smartly tailored lapels.  Danks penned his name and the date May 1943 on the name tag inside the inner pocket.  The jacket has the following insignia:
  • Felt AAC shoulder sleeve insignia (right shoulder)
  • Embroidered 8th AAC shoulder sleeve insignia (left shoulder)
  • Officer AAC props and “US” pins with WWII smooth-back clutches
  • 2nd Lieutenant pin-back insignia on the epaulets
  • Air Medal ribbon bar with 2 oakleaf clusters
  • Purple Heart ribbon bar
  • 3 inch pin-back aviator wings marked “Amcraft” and “sterling”
  • Presidential Unit Citation
• Officer quality overseas cap with a pin-back 2nd Lieutenant bar
• Pin-back AAC photo ID badge
• Copy of a document verifying eligibility to wear 3 oakleaf clusters on his Air Medal (from G.O. No. 122, Hq. Twelfth Air Force, August 7, 1944)
• Copy of a 6 page document involving a plane crash of a fellow squadron member during a bombing run in Italy on 09/07/1944.  Includes Lt Dank’s eye witness account.
• Copy of a 6 page aircraft accident report where Lt. Danks crashed his plane during flight school.
• Copy of a 38 page report involving Lt. Danks’ fatal collision.  The report includes periods images of the wreckage.

Price: SOLD

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