the damage to the airplane deemed as "written off" (damaged beyond repair)
the Van Schaick Island Country
the announcement appearing in the Supplement to the London Gazette 37204 of Tuesday
although it is missing its loop on the left end
1943 and signed in black ink by Commander of the 2nd Group of Fighter Wing 52
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Bomber Flight Clasp, Bronze Grade, By Funcke & Brüninghaus Archive the damage to the airplane(Frontflugspange fr Kampf und Sturzkampfflieger in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of a central circular laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a swastika, overlaid by a patinated winged bomb, flanked on each side by nine oak leaves, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with F. & B. for Funcke & Brninghaus, Ldenscheid, measuring 77. 20 mm