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| '''COL Bruce E. Empric''' <br/>2/20/2004 10:35:59 AM 
| To all:<br/>   <br/>   At its 9-10 DEC 03 auction held in San Francisco, CA the Bonhams & Butterfields Auction House sold the A-2 leather flight jacket of 1st Lt James C. Via for $2,070.00.  1st Lt Via was the co-pilot on 1st Lt J. E. Fondren's crew in the 614th Bombardment Squadron (H).  The back of his jacket was decorated with the &quot;Shade Ruff&quot; artwork seen in the &quot;Pictorial Record of the 401st Bomb Group&quot; aka the &quot;Blue Book&quot; as well as in Gary Valant's book on nose art.  The aircraft 1st Lt Via flew, however, was in fact &quot;Shade Ruff # 2.&quot;  You can see an image of the jacket at the following link:  <br/> <br/> [http://www.butterfields.com/areas/arms/7480a/detail/7480a-1857.htm<br/>] <br/> Regards,<br/> <br/> COL Bruce E. Empric  <br/>  
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