Case 1 contains items attributed to a Corporal Frederick S. Murphy, a photo lab tech with the Army Air force, and includes a set of dog tags and a Lowry Field Conduct Card for Murphy, badges for a air recon photo lab tech and M1 Carbine sharpshooter, "ruptured duck" honorable discharge patch, and two unit patches. One is painted leather, and the other is bullion embroidered with a leather border, both featuring a design of an eagle in a flight helmet aiming a recon camera mid-flight. Case 2 contains a group shot of the crew of the B17 bomber "Big Yank" (840th Bomb Squadron, 483rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force), a bullion embroidered 15th Air Force shoulder patch, a Franklin Roosevelt presidential campaign pin, enamel Army Air Force pin, and two painted leather patches for the 414th Bomb Squadron. The patch design was inspired by an incident where a 414th bomber, "All American III", nearly had its tail torn off in a collision with a German fighter while returning from a bomb run but successfully managed to return home and land; the plane was repaired and performed non-combat support service. Both patches feature a figure (a generic dog on one, Donald Duck on the other) sitting on the nearly-severed tail of the All American III in flight, in a position of prayer. Provenance: The Putnam Green/Sycamore Collection

Very good overall.