Original U.S. WWII Captured Japanese Aircraft Aluminum Fragment with Soldier’s Inscription & Partial Meatball Insignia on Reverse Japanese Military Maps begins as follows: From 1915

begins as follows: From 1915 to 1930 I had managed to gather a large curio collection and to keep it in an ordinary dwelling such as my home in Haddonfield

It was last assigned to the post-World War II-era 47th Bombardment Wing

but unfortunately it is not clear

as well as tooled leather like this example

The set is named to one Friedrich Russmeier

Original U.S. WWII Captured Japanese Aircraft Aluminum Fragment with Soldier’s Inscription & Partial Meatball Insignia on Reverse Japanese Military Maps begins as follows: From 1915Original Item. One of a Kind. This is a really fantastic display piece, a captured fragment of aircraft skin off of a Japanese fighter plane shot down in the Philippines, namely around Leyte. The soldier who captured this piece used it to write a letter home, and from his mention of fighting at Okinawa, he may have been a Marine. The piece of aluminum measures roughly 4 x 7 and depicts part of the edge of the Meatball insignia painted on the side of