Card, Identification, Blood Chit, T/Sgt. Charles Lind, Tail Gunner, B-17, 342nd BS, 97th BG, 15th Air Force, USAAF, ETO & MTO

Rare genuine WWII USAAF identification card, of the 'Blood Chit' type intended for seeking assistance amongst friendly civilians if the bearer was to find himself isolated in ennemy territory.

Standard text printed in English and Russian, and in various European languages: Polish, Hungarian, Czech, German...

The present card is complete and comes along with some additional multilingual leaflet.

Nice homogeneous set, in very good overall condition, issued to some  Charles H. Lind.

Charles Harvey Lind was born on December 9, 1906 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and joined the Air Corps on August 26, 1941 (ASN 16019127). He went on to serve as a tail gunner gunner and deployed to Europe, flying some 52 missions in B-17 Flying Fortresses, mostly with 342nd Bomb. Squadron, 97th Bomb. Group, 15th Air Force. Following his discharge, he reenlisted and finally retired in 1967 as a Technical Sergeant. A recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, he passed away on September 16, 1986.

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf=F&q=16019127&bc=&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=1195472

https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/69054499/charles-h-lind

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