Badge, Military
Object number2018.74.7
Date1944-1945
MediumMetal; Silver(?)
Credit LineIn honor of John R. McCullough
DescriptionUnited States Army Air Corps Navigation badge. Silver metal badge is a pair of wings with an armillary sphere at center that resembles the Earth with equator and numerous diagonal lines on the sphere. Reverse is dull gray and has one post at each end. Back fasteners are not intact.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 0.875 x 3.063 x 0.375 in. (2.2 x 7.8 x 1 cm)Historical NotesJohn R. McCullough entered the U.S. Army Air Corps in June 1944 and served with the Eighth Air Force as a navigator in a B-17 "Flying Fortress" through the late war in the Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe campaigns. For "courage, coolness, and skill" in bombing attacks on military and industrial installations in Germany, he was eventually awarded an Air Medal and four bronze oak leaf clusters.
Previous owner
John R. McCullough Jr.
Related institution
United States Army Air Corps
Related institution
Eighth Air Force
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1944-1945
1944-1945
1944-1945
1944-1945
1944-1945
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1944-1945
1944-1945
1944-1945