My items are in a book

**UK Cousin** · 10-30-2019, 01:16 AM

Over 2 years ago I had posted a thread about meeting a man named Robert Holmstrom. He was a tail gunner on a plane called the night knight. It was at an estate sale I had bought several of his original items including the medals you see in the pictures. Not long after this an author took interest in his story about flying night missions over France to supply resistance fighters in operation carpetbagger. I'm pleased to say that some of these items that are currently in my collection have made it into the book that was released not too long ago. Not my most monetarily valuable items but among my most treasured.

**UK Cousin** · 10-30-2019, 01:25 AM

I also have the other two ribbon bars but not displayed in this case.

**Politefaun** · 10-30-2019, 03:21 AM

That's really cool! I'm sure many of us would love to have an opportunity like that. Just wondering what plane did he fly?

**UK Cousin** · 10-30-2019, 04:05 AM

B24 liberators under command of the OSS

**Rescue190** · 10-30-2019, 04:07 AM

Very nice and great story to go with it. Congrats.
John

**UK Cousin** · 10-30-2019, 04:10 AM

Robert Holmstrom is now 95 and they just had their 74th anniversary last week and reunion of the carpetbaggers.

**reneblacky** · 10-30-2019, 04:30 AM

Nice one, shame they were separated from the jacket.

**MAP** · 10-30-2019, 04:35 AM

by UK Cousin

B24 liberators under command of the OSS

Very nice grouping

He might have dropped my Aunt into France. The story is that she was OSS and jumped into France to work with the resistance . ...so the story goes (she did earn a bronze star though so she must have done something to earn it.)

**UK Cousin** · 10-30-2019, 04:37 AM

by reneblacky

Nice one, shame they were separated from the jacket.

I have the shirt and wool overcoat. I hope you still have the flight pants, Rene.

**UK Cousin** · 10-30-2019, 05:06 AM

by MAP

Very nice grouping

He might have dropped my Aunt into France. The story is that she was OSS and jumped into France to work with the resistance . ...so the story goes (she did earn a bronze star though so she must have done something to earn it.)

Michael it's quite possible the carpetbagger operation was responsible. They removed the ball turret to drop through the opening at low altitude parachute drops.