Lt. Harvey A. Paul Officer's Visor - 8th AAF
Article about: While at a local antique store with my wife and son this weekend I happened upon an Officer's visor. I've never known this store to have any militaria so it was a bit of a surprise. The viso
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Also of note is that Lt. Paul was involved in the mission on November 16, 1943 to bomb Rjukan, Norway in an attempt to destroy the Norse Hydro plant.
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Great research friend.
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Another piece of history tied back to the item! That is fantastic!!!
"Please", Thank You" and proper manners appreciated
My greatest fear is that one day I will die and my wife will sell my guns for what I told her I paid for them
"Don't tell me these are investments if you never intend to sell anything" (Quote: Wife)
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What a find and great research of this historical cap.
Regards,
Jerry
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its just an opinion.
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Nipped at or not and it's from the 8th AF, I'm loving it. Its nice to put a face to an item. Good job
Semper Fi
Phil
Last edited by AZPhil; 07-11-2016 at 06:59 PM.
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Thanks for the kind words everyone! The visor has a great back story and it was a pleasure doing the research and putting the history back with it.
Phil- You're the first one I thought of when I hit on the Mighty 8th!
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a terrific find well done.
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Fantastic history that is now deservedly back with this cap! Well done Ed, Leon.
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Great to know the history attached to this cap. Lt.Paul's tour of duty of course covered the most desperate times for 8th Air Force bomber groups, when the heavy losses caused serious concerns about the strategy of daylight precision bombing.
I wonder if he flew on one, or even both of the notorious Schweinfurt raids in August & October of 1943? He woudl have just missed "Big Week", the first bombing of Berlin in March, 1944.
BobS
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