The Doolittle Raiders Group Of Brigadier General Richard August "Knobby" Knobloch Auction Archive Serving with the 8th Company

Serving with the 8th Company

Was a flight instructor prior to being inducted into the Schnellkampfgeschwader

Awarded to so called "old Ustasha fighters"

with dual black ribbons at the rear

The Doolittle Raiders Group Of Brigadier General Richard August "Knobby" Knobloch Auction Archive Serving with the 8th CompanyDistinguished Flying Cross (bronze gilt, numbered "1034" on the edge of the bottom arm, 44. 3 mm, original ribbon with brooch pinback); Air Force Distinguished Service Medal (bronze gilt with thirteen white enameled stars, blue glass centrepiece, engraved "RICHARD A KNOBLOCH" on the reverse, 54 mm, original ribbon with brooch pinback and hook); Legion of Merit, Legionnaire Grade (bronze gilt with red, white, blue and green enamels, engraved "R. A.