Named Crusher cap, manufacture date 1942 and attributed to B-17 navigator Lt. Kern (went on to Major General). The cap is labeled “Capt. Kern” in the crown, but inside the sweatband is “Lt. Kern”. Photos above show his B-17 “Revel’s Revenge” (sometimes noted as “Reuel’s Revenge”) and a photo of some of the POWs at Stalag Luft I near Barth Germany where he was taken. I’m not 100% on the attribution.
“During World War II, General Kern enlisted in the Army Air Corps, and after a period of training, received his commission as a second lieutenant in February 1944. In May 1944 he was assigned to the 388th Bombardment Group in the European Theater of Operations as a navigator on a B-17 aircraft. During the succeeding months, he flew on 27 combat missions against targets in Europe. On his 27th mission, the aircraft on which General Kern was navigator was shot down and he spent the remainder of World War II as a prisoner of war at Stalag Luft I near Barth, Germany.
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