The first grouping consists of three painted leather patches and a data card. Two of the patches are for the 760th Bomb Squadron of the 460th Bomb Group, featuring a snarling black panther; one is round, the other is square with a gold "1" in a small tab on the right side. The third patch is for the 731st Bomb Squadron of the 452nd Bomb Group, with a crying vulture perched on a yellow bomb. The data card is for 1st Lieutenant Ledley Symmes Junior of North Carolina, a navigator with the 760th BS; the card notes him as having 44 combat missions and 252 combat flight hours under his belt and the Air Medal with 3 clusters, and includes an attached photo of a crew in front of the B-24 bomber "Melba", which bears the 760th's emblem. The second grouping is of 3 patches and an information booklet related to the "Rocket Run", a Air Transport Command/North African Ferrying Division run from Casablanca to Karachi as part of a high-priority service for men and equipment going to the China-Burma-India Theater. The booklet, titled "Rocket Run", is to explain to passengers on the Run what it is, how it works, and the cities it used as way stations. The patches include a cloth patch for the 341st Bomber Group, featuring a flying elephant strapped to a rocket with the text ""DUMBO" AIRLINES" and "47.,999 GROSS", a painted leather Air Transport Command patch featuring a stylized compass over a globe with an arc of red, white and blue ribbon, and a multi-piece leather patch attributed to the 9th Combat Cargo Squadron, similar to the ATC patch but with the compass replaced with a nude pin-up girl. Provenance: The Putnam Green/Sycamore Collection

Very good, with mild wear and handling overall. The 760th BS square patch and data card show rust and punctures suggestive of having been stapled to something.