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I think these were given to pilots and if they were shot down, they could hand this to the locals and it explains who they are and what they need to survive.
Blood chit. we carried them in iraq. If we got separated from out unit, we give a corner of it to a person who gets us back to an American base and they get 10k for that deed.
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They nailed it^^
That's an aviators blood chit from WW2 iirm
That's an aviators blood chit from WW2 iirm
awesome info guys. quite the keep sake from WWII. thank you very much!
Awesome piece of history!
Translated from the French section:
I am an American aviator. My airplane has been destroyed. I am an enemy of the Japanese. Could you be so kind to protect me, to take care of me and to lead me to the closest allied military post. My government will reimburse you.
Translated from the French section:
I am an American aviator. My airplane has been destroyed. I am an enemy of the Japanese. Could you be so kind to protect me, to take care of me and to lead me to the closest allied military post. My government will reimburse you.
Don’t get to excited there are a lot of fakes out there, you will Need to get it authenticed
It is what it is. My dad said he got it from his dad so that’s all I’m going off of. I doubt I’ll ever get it looked at
I think it would be worth your time to get it evaluated. Even if it's not 100% authentic it's still a good item to display.
FYI:
www.ima-usa.com
FYI:
Original U.S. WWII USAAF China Burma India Blood Chit & Asiatic Series Map Survival Set
Original Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent condition U.S. Army Air Forces Blood Chit & Map Survival set from the China, Burma, and India Theater of World War II. Sets such as these were standard issue to WWII Pilots flying routes over "The Hump", the eastern end of the Himalayas...
www.ima-usa.com
I totally get sentimental value, however, one day there will be no one around that remembers grandpa. There’ll be this old flag ‘thing’ hanging in a dusty frame in a forgotten corner of the house. The only value this item will have is is its collector value. It would be a shame that it would end up in a goodwill donation bag because no one knew what it was. I’m not sure how one would go about getting something like this authenticated, however, that alone would substantially increase its collector value. And, as with all collectibles “buy the item, not the story...”
maybe I'll look into the authentication process but like you mentioned, unaware where to get something like that done or completed. I'll read up on it on the interweb. I do remember seeing a local commercial about a war memorabilia store, maybe that could be a start?
it almost sounds like the jack nickelson story where his mother was his sister and whom he thought was his mother was his grand mother . My unclels sister twice removed brother .
Forgot one line earlier. Here is the corrected text:
I am an American aviator.
My airplane has been destroyed.
I do not speak your language.
I am an enemy of the Japanese.
Could you be so kind to protect me, to take care of me and to lead me to the closest allied military post.
My government will reimburse you.
Please keep that safe and preserve it. When I was a kid, my Dad's best friend was in Burma, he was a Veterinarian that kept the mule trains running on the Burma Trail. He had a very crude piece of jagged copper on a self, hand craved thank you from his Burmese mule tenders. As a DVM he removed a Burmese mans appendix, in a tent on the trail. These men were tougher than nails.
