Original U.S. WWII Burial Flag of KIA Tail Gunner Sergeant Marvin Thrower Wilson, 754th Bomb Squadron “Ford’s Folly” in Original Shipping Box - 5 x 9½ Feet Japanese Awards Medals Badges Insignia The leather is still supple

The leather is still supple with no cracks or tears

(The upper cowling was slightly redesigned from that of the Model 22

with the main difference being delivery system

The wood scabbard is adorned with brass fitting with one of the bands being broken and taped over so it does not injure anyone

wearing most of the enamel repaint off

Original U.S. WWII Burial Flag of KIA Tail Gunner Sergeant Marvin Thrower Wilson, 754th Bomb Squadron “Ford’s Folly” in Original Shipping Box - 5 x 9½ Feet Japanese Awards Medals Badges Insignia The leather is still suppleOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a tremendous piece of WWII history, the burial flag of a WWII KIA Soldier, sent in its original shipping box from France. This is the flag of Sergeant Marvin Thrower Wilson, 754th Bombardment Squadron, 458th Bombardment Group, 2nd Air Force. On March 3rd, 1944, he was on the crew of the B 24H 15 FO Liberator #42 52515 "Ford's Folly" during a mission to Berlin when they were hit with flak and exploded over Lake