Tinted portrait of Lt. Bernard J. Mertzweiller, likely taken in 1944
Gift in memory of Polly Mertzweiller
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Tinted portrait of Lt. Bernard J. Mertzweiller. Attached to vellum backing. Likely 1944 in the United States. "1st Lt. Bernard J. Mertzweiller Jr., Serial No. A-02061247 (Oct. 1944). 387th. Bomb Group, 559th. Squadron."
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Items from the service of Lt. Bernard J. Mertzweiller, US Army Air Corps, 9th Air Force, 387th Bombardment Group, 559th Bombardment Squadron, European Theatre of Operations. Mertzweiller flew 34 combat missions in the European Theater of Operations.
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United States
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38.000
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-98.000
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Fighter pilots--American--United States
Portrait photographs--United States