Original Items: Only One Grouping Available. Now this is a fantastic grouping named and attributed to CBI theater pilot Captain Thomas E. Fewell. We have not been able to locate any service information online, but we were able to piece together some service information we pulled from the included documents.

The Items In This Grouping:

- Distinguished Flying Cross With Spare Ribbon, Ribbon Device and Lapel Device: This is a lovely set even though the medal itself is not engraved.

- 9” x 9” Cloth Blood Chit: Shows signs of being carried and is presented without any extensive damage.

- Photographs: The photos in this grouping are incredible and gives us a fantastic look into the service of Fewell. There are approximately 130 photographs ranging in size and location. Some of the photos are from his cadet days, training, family, overseas life and some fantastic shots of many aircraft.

- U.S. Army Air Forces Aeronautical Chart of the World, Dated 1943: This is an incredible, heavyweight chart of the world for flight navigation. World Aeronautical Charts (WACs) cover land areas at a standard size and scale (1:1,000,000) for navigation by moderate speed aircraft and aircraft operating at high altitudes. Measures 48 x 34.

- Department of Commerce Flight Map of Detroit, Dated 1944: I know you’re asking yourself “What does Detroit have to do with WW2”, but stateside flight maps were just as important as “in country” war time maps. Flight training was conducted all over the country and these city maps were just as vital as say a WW2 French city map. Map measures 43” x 24”.

- U.S. Army Air Forces Aeronautical Chart of Kunyang Lake, China, Dated 1945: Kunyang Subdistrict is a subdistrict and the administrative center of Jinning District, Yunnan, China. It is situated southwest of Dianchi (Dian Lake). China held a critical role in the Pacific theater during the war as a key ally for the United States. The war's end, however, brought a devastating blow to American diplomacy as China ultimately fell to communism, forever changing the global balance of power in the emerging Cold War. The map measures 28 ½” x 22”.

- U.S. Army Air Forces Aeronautical Chart of Tung Ting Lake, China, Dated 1945: Dongting Lake is a large, shallow lake in northeastern Hunan Province, China. It is a flood basin of the Yangtze River, so its volume depends on the season. The provinces of Hubei and Hunan are named after their location relative to the lake: Hubei means "North of the Lake" and Hunan, "South of the Lake". The map measures 28 ½” x 22”.

- Department of Commerce Map of Milwaukee, Dated 1945: Long before Japanese bombs rained down on Pearl Harbor, Milwaukee was the “Machine Shop to the World.” Thanks to the city’s large industrial base, factories quickly retooled and mobilized for wartime production. Harley-Davidson produced thousands of military motorbikes, and Falk Corporation churned out gears that turned the propellers on hundreds of ships. Locals sacrificed their lives for the cause—Mayor Carl Zeidler went missing at sea, USS Arizona captain Franklin Van Valkenburgh refused to leave the bridge of his burning battleship and Mildred Harnack joined the NSDAP resistance movement and was executed on direct orders from “AH”. Embedded with German and American troops, Milwaukee journalists H.V. Kaltenborn, Louis Lochner and Dickey Chapelle sent dispatches from the front lines. Through past interviews and archival materials, author Meg Jones reveals these and other patriotic stories. Map measures 43” x 24”.

- U.S. Army Air Forces Aeronautical Chart of Shantung Peninsula, China, Dated 1945: Shandong is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It has served as a pivotal cultural and religious center for Taoism, Chinese Buddhism and Confucianism. Shandong's Mount Tai is the most revered mountain of Taoism and one of the world's sites with the longest history of continuous religious worship. The Buddhist temples in the mountains to the south of the provincial capital of Jinan were once among the foremost Buddhist sites in China. The city of Qufu is the birthplace of Confucius and was later established as the center of Confucianism. Confucianism developed from what was later called the Hundred Schools of Thought from the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius. Map has some “mouse” nips to it and measures 28 ½” x 22”.

- U.S. Army Air Forces Aeronautical Chart of Praha, Czechoslovakia - Germany, Dated 1946: During World War II, Czechoslovakia had largely disappeared from the map of Europe. The Third Czechoslovak Republic which emerged as a sovereign state after the end of the war was not only the result of the policies of the victorious Western allies, the French Fourth Republic, the United Kingdom and the United States, but also an indication of the strength of the Czechoslovak ideal embodied in the First Czechoslovak Republic. However, at the conclusion of World War II, Czechoslovakia fell within the Soviet sphere of influence, and this circumstance dominated any plans or strategies for postwar reconstruction.

Consequently, the political and economic organization of Czechoslovakia became largely a matter of negotiations between Edvard Beneš and Communist Party of Czechoslovakia exiles living in Moscow. In February 1948, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia seized full power in a coup d'état. Map measures 28 ½” x 22”.

- Army Air Forces Radio Facility Charts, September 15, 1945: “This Technical Order, containing Radio Facility Charts including Civil Airways, is reissued every month to include data in accordance with correction notice on front cover page”. This is a booklet containing Radio Range and locations of the United States, showing Cities, Frequencies and ranges, as well as the transmit paths.

- Documents from Captain Thomas E. Fewell, Dating from 1942-1955: This is a massive amount of paperwork, orders, musters, personal and personnel reports and awardees lists that came with the maps. We do believe that the maps belonged to Pilot Captain Fewell. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with 2 Oak Leaves clusters for service during the war, both stateside and overseas. Added to the top of the roster of Distinguished Flying Cross Awardees is his bronze oak leaf clusters pinned to the paper. We believe, according to letterheads and documents, he served a majority of his time with the 20th Ferrying Group.

The squadron was first activated at Houlton Army Air Base, Maine, a departure station for the North Atlantic ferrying route, in March 1942 as the 20th Air Corps Ferrying Squadron. The squadron was initially assigned directly to Air Corps Ferrying Command, but in June, Ferrying Command organized the 23d Army Air Forces Ferrying Wing to manage its units on the North Atlantic route and the squadron was reassigned to it. In March 1943, the squadron became the 20th Transport Squadron.

The squadron flew and managed the ferrying of various aircraft, including Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses and Lockheed P-38 Lightnings and participated in Operation Bolero, the buildup of United States forces in the United Kingdom. On 1 September 1943, the 20th disbanded and combined with support units at Houlton to form Station 3, North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command.

This is a very in depth collections of charts and documents, all named to a Ferrying Pilot of WW2! All items come ready to display and are in definite need of further research. There’s a lot of information to unpack here, so be prepared to do some reading! Comes ready to display.