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Capt. Charles H Schmid 417 TH FBS Hahn, Germany 1955 - $1,200 (Westminster)
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Trophy of a F-86H Sabres
Fighter Bomber Squadron 1955
His Military commander was Chuck Yeager From 1954 to 1957, he commanded the F-86H Sabre-equipped 417th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (50th Fighter-Bomber Wing) at Hahn AB, West Germany,
Cold War
In November 1952, the Air Force re-designated the unit as the 417th Fighter-Bomber squadron and activated it on 1 January 1953 at Clovis AFB, New Mexico, for training in F-51D Mustang aircraft. Soon thereafter, the squadron converted to the F-86F Sabre jet, but the transition period extended over a long period due to an acute shortage of trained people. In the Summer, the 417th transferred to Hahn AB, West Germany, to become a unit in the United States Air Forces in Europe. The aircraft was deployed to Hahn during Operation Fox Able 20. This marked the first mass flight of an entire tactical wing from the U.S. to continental Europe.[3] At Hahn AB, the squadron trained in air-to-ground and air-to-air gunnery at places like Furstenfeldbruck AB and Giebelstadt AB in West Germany and Wheelus AB, Libya.[2]
https://www.chuckyeager.com/1954-1961-squadron-leader
https://www.airforcemag.com/chronology-1950-1959/