Original U.S. WWII Tuskegee Airman Lt. Everett E. Richardson Uniform & Extensive Ephemera Grouping - 616th Bomb Squadron, 477th Bomb Group, Stateside Service Category_Martini-Henry Bayonets There is some wear through

There is some wear through on the tip area from wear due to the scabbard runner

and there are no rust issues that we can see

The receiver is dated with 1877 and faintly marked I

that was prepared to make covert free-fall entry to denied airspace by jumping from altitudes in excess of 30

so this revolver was produced sometime 1870-1875

Original U.S. WWII Tuskegee Airman Lt. Everett E. Richardson Uniform & Extensive Ephemera Grouping - 616th Bomb Squadron, 477th Bomb Group, Stateside Service Category_Martini-Henry Bayonets There is some wear throughOriginal Items. One of a Kind Grouping. This is the outstanding uniform and extensive ephemera grouping of Lieutenant Everett E. Richardson, a Tuskegee Airman who served as a Navigator with the 616th Bombardment Squadron, 477th Bombardment Group during World War II. Richardson joined the service on October 19th, 1942, being trained as a Navigator at several schools across the U. S. The 477th BG (Colored) was the last formed of the Tuskegee Airmen