Badge, Military
Object number2018.74.8
Date1944-1945
MediumSterling silver
Credit LineIn honor of John R. McCullough
DescriptionUnited States Army Air Corps Navigation badge. Sterling 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 silver-gray with horizontal locking pinback across center. Reverse has concave circle at center.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 0.875 x 3.063 x 0.375 in. (2.2 x 7.8 x 1 cm)MarksReverse has raised text to the viewer's right of center "ERLING".
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
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