UPL 36131
IMAGE"Ya Amerikanets" blood chit. Handwritten on reverse: 'Escape kit American flag, for use in event of coming down in Russian area'.
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
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ContributorEmily
Sources
This is a blood chit, a silk sheet printed with phrases in the languages of Allied nations, used by downed airmen to identify themselves as friendly forces. Several examples are held in IWM’s collection
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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Sources
398th Bomb Group Collection via Nuthampstead Airfield Museum. Museum object reference number: NAM040-29