Named Pilot Tan Officers Jacket - 549th Bomb Group 8th Ait Force

358th Bomb Group 549th SQ - Great Ashfield
Named Robert Lojinger Pilot summer issue Officers Tan Jacket. Badged with Pilots wing early phinney clutch back fittings. English made pin back three medal ribbon (Purple Heart, Air Medal with oak leaf, ETO medal with two campaign stars. Presidential unit citation, early English made 8th Air Force “Stubby Wing” to the right shoulder, US and Aviation branch insignia, 1st Lieutenant pin back fittings, English made Army Air Corps shoulder patch to the left. 4 bullion six months overseas bars to the lower left sleeve. Small nip on the back see images for details.

Lt Robert I Lojinger flew with the 385th Bomb Group 549th Squadron flying a B-17 out of station 155 Great Ashfield Suffolk.

Mission No. 57 – 30 January – Target Brunswick – 32 a/c flown. Lojinger, 42-31181, collided with a B-17 from another Bomb Group (42-22266) in Germany, 10 POW, MACR 2266.

Comes with various information on the crew and the collision.

Code: 57790