An Austro Hungarian Aviation Association Combat Pilot's Wing Badge Stickpin Archive He was 26 years of

He was 26 years of age (actually 24) and was just ready to take up the responsibilities of life when instead he put on the khaki

it noted that he "complains of chronic cough which bothers him most when he gets up in the morning"

13 July 1941

an up and coming starlet at the time

He was treated for a gunshot wound to the hip on June 17

An Austro Hungarian Aviation Association Combat Pilot's Wing Badge Stickpin Archive He was 26 years ofAn Austro Hungarian Aviation Association Combat Pilot's Wing Badge Stickpin Two piece construction, gilded and blackened tombac, unmarked, 28. 5 mm x 30. 5 mm, on a 55. 5 mm pin, light contact, near extremely fine.