Rank insignia (some sterling marked), three pilot wings (all Sterling marked) and a few odds and ends. These items were removed from a very large shadowbox display relating to the career of retired Air Force Colonel Walter I. Bunker flew with the 8th Air Force 44th Bomb Group (Flying Eightballs) during WWII and flew many combat missions including the famous 8/1/1943 Ploesti mission as pilot of B-24 41-24235 “Earthquake McGoon”. Bunker stayed in the Air Force after WWII retiring as a full Colonel. Everything seen in the photos is included in the lot. 35 medals with some duplicate medals as seen. The bronze star is named to Bunker and is the only named medal in the lot. Some appear to be WWII era medals with the bulk of them being post war. The lot also includes many ribbon bars, WWII & later rank insignia, 3 sets of pilot wings, a 1950’s? Leather command pilot namestrip, a 1953 dated dead reckoning computer, a few tattered newspaper clippings, and a tattered WWII original snapshot photo of a battle damaged B-24. The items are mainly in poor condition as they were removed from the shadow box display. Most items have had the pins, clutches, catches, etc.. Removed so that they would lay flat in the shadow box. The majority of the items also have age tarnishing/oxidation and glue or glue/mounting paper residue on the backs. Some of the ribbons are faded and medals may exhibit varying degrees of wear & damage. The photo and newspaper clippings are in poor condition with losses and tears. The photo has a Gilette razor logo glued to the left side for some reason. The case for the flight computer has some staining and glue residue. Luckily, the WWII sterling pin backed wing and Korean War era sterling Command Pilot wing are complete and undamaged with just slight signs of glue residue on backs. The second Sterling marked command pilot wing has had the clutch posts broken off as seen. Most of the WWII rank insignia are also complete and exhibit tarnishing & wear and a few have broken pins or catches. Most of the ribbon bars are a mess with glue and paper residue and broken pins. The item “HUGE LOT WWII & LATER MEDALS WINGS RIBBON BARS INSIGNIA 8th AIR FORCE 44BG PILOT” is in sale since Thursday, July 07, 2016. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\WW II (1939-45)\Original Period Items\United States\Medals & Ribbons”. The seller is “prhitking4256″ and is located in Maineville, Ohio. This item can be shipped to United States, to Canada, to United Kingdom, DK, RO, SK, BG, CZ, FI, HU, LV, LT, MT, EE, to Australia, GR, PT, CY, SI, to Japan, to China, SE, KR, ID, to Taiwan, TH, to Belgium, to France, to Hong Kong, to Ireland, to Netherlands, PL, to Spain, to Italy, to Germany, to Austria, IL, to Mexico, to New Zealand, SG, to Switzerland, NO, SA, UA, AE, QA, KW, BH, HR, MY, CL, CO, CR, PA, TT, GT, SV, HN, JM.