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A "Caterpillar Club" certificate, awarded to Staff Sergeant R.W. Armstrong, of the 91st Bomb Group, for successfully bailing out of his stricken B-17 Flying Fortress on the 4th of November 1944 and surviving, using a Irvin Company parachute. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'Caterpillar Club Card issued by company who's chute I used on Nov. 4 1944, Mereseburg raid.'
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A "Caterpillar Club" certificate, awarded to Staff Sergeant R.W. Armstrong, of the 91st Bomb Group, for successfully bailing out of his stricken B-17 Flying Fortress on the 4th of November 1944 and surviving, using a Irvin Company parachute. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'Caterpillar Club Card issued by company who's chute I used on Nov. 4 1944, Mereseburg raid.'

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Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection