Original U.S. WWII AAF Send-Home Box Lid of Aerial Gunner S/Sgt John Marlowe - Completed 25 Missions Over Germany - 350th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group EXCLUDE_CHECKOUT_RESTRICTION There is a COMPLETE original

There is a COMPLETE original example in the Springfield Armory Museum (See page 56)

to any enlisted service member who dies in the line of duty

Below this is the Ordnance flaming bomb and date of manufacture 1912

which is torn through

fire was encountered on all runs but the first

Original U.S. WWII AAF Send-Home Box Lid of Aerial Gunner S/Sgt John Marlowe - Completed 25 Missions Over Germany - 350th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group EXCLUDE_CHECKOUT_RESTRICTION There is a COMPLETE originalOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a very neat AAF send home box lid from a box sent home by Staff Sergeant John G. Marlowe, 350th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group. The lid measures 11 x 16 and retains the original certification signature of his superior officer. The lid has a small tag reading UNEXPOSED FILM which would suggest some of his bringback items were film reels. The lid is post marked from: S SGT JOHN MARLOWE 350TH BOMB