Original U.S. WWII B-24 Liberator Bombardier Caterpillar Club Named Grouping - 345th Bomb Squadron Japanese Replica - "Order of the Orange"

- "Order of the Orange" shoulder cord awarded by the Dutch government for surviving Operation Market Garden (worn on right shoulder)

"KP" for the wing-mounted version (1679 mm total length

One of the few senior United States commanders to fight in both Europe and the Pacific

and EN for Enfield

pommel also tight which is rare for this large variation

Original U.S. WWII B-24 Liberator Bombardier Caterpillar Club Named Grouping - 345th Bomb Squadron Japanese Replica - "Order of the Orange"Original Item: One of a kind. Lieutenant Hal David Souter (ASN O 1695510) was a Bombardier assigned to the 345th Bomb Squadron, 98th Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force during Wold War Two. On June 6th, 1944 in a mission to bomb oil refineries around Ploieti, Romania his B 24 was brought down and he survived. We were able to locate the missing crew report in the National Archives, copies of which are included. He was given a battlefield commission after