Original U.S. WWII POW Stalag Luft III Uniform Group of Lt. Ira Middaugh, 337th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group - Shot Down in B-17F “Mary R.” in 1943 German Militaria The troops were loaded down

The troops were loaded down like a convoy of one-man bands

This was one

Freiherr Franz von Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels (Baron Francis von Dalwigk of Lichtenfels - 21

The open toed holster having been altered at some time to close the bottom opening

so it is likely seized

Original U.S. WWII POW Stalag Luft III Uniform Group of Lt. Ira Middaugh, 337th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group - Shot Down in B-17F “Mary R.” in 1943 German Militaria The troops were loaded downOriginal Items. One of a Kind Group. This is a great uniform grouping attributed to Lieutenant Ira Middaugh, who was a co pilot on the B 17F Mary R in the 337th Bombardment Squadron, 96th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force. On July 26th, 1943, he and his crew were shot down over Eindorf, near Walsrode, Germany when an enemy aircraft knocked out two of their engines. Middaugh was taken as a prisoner of war, and kept in the POW camp Stalag Luft III. The