Case, Leather, Aircraft Inspector's Kit, 2nd Lt. James Grasso, Navigator, 20th Air Force, USAAF, CBI

Genuine WWII USAAF russet leather case, Aircraft Inspector's Kit.

Complete and in quite good, used condition; clasp is in working order.

Mention Lt. J.V. Grasso has been written at the back.

This name may correspond to some James Victor Grasso, who was born on July 21, 1920 in Omaha, Nebraska to Italian parents and joined the US Army on February 21, 1941 (ASN 17018693). He went on to serve in the Air Corps and was awarded his navigator's badge as a 2nd Lieutenant in the fall of 1942, prior to deploying to the China-Burma-India theater of operations with the 20th Air Force. He was discharged on November  29, 1945 as a Captain, and passed away on August 24, 2017.

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf=F&q=17018693&bc=&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=1366976

https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/192467723/james-victor-grasso

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