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Distinguished Flying Cross medal

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Jimmy Ley was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying cross "for extraordinary achivement while serving as an Engineer-Gunner on a B-26 airplane on twenty-five bombardment missions over enemy occupied Continental Europe. Description taken from the framed description of Jimmy's commendations. The medal was mounted and framed by Jimmy's parents.
Title Distinguished Flying Cross medal
Publisher Grinnell College
Keyword United States. Army Air Forces
Keyword World War, 1939-1945
Keyword United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Squadron (H), 451st
Keyword Medals, badges, decorations, etc.
Keyword Military decorations
Type of Resource still image
Genre realia
Extent 1 item
Media Type image/tiff
Digital Origin digitized other analog
Language English
Classification MS 01.162 Series 3 Box 2 Item 1
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Related Item Grinnell College. Special Collections and Archives
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