I mean in WWII until late in the war after the advent of the P-38s the fighter escorts could not travel the entire mission with the bombers, the bomber crews were slaughtered without fighter escorts. It had the highest fatalities of any group in WWII. This guy wore those wings on every mission .. It was part of his uniform ... and some fucker sells it for 30 bucks in scrap silver. I could cry at least I salvage some small piece of history