WWII Arctic Air Crew Mitten Type N-4A Insert & Shell worn by POW in Stalag III

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VTG Air Force Arctic Air Crew Mitten Type N-4A Illinois Glove Co. Insert & Shell.
Good condition - leather on palms is thin and supple, but there are a couple of small holes (shown) in high wear area near thumb.
Worn by my great-great-uncle Captain Dare D. Ziemer ASN 0674823 who was a Bombardier on a B-17 in the 708th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force.
On only his second mission, to Berlin, on April 29th, 1944 his plane was shot down by a German Me109 fighter. Moments before he was shot down he was credited with gunning down a German plane which is what lead to his Air Medal. He bailed out of the failed aircraft, and parachuted to the ground having sustain a shrapnel injury to his leg and lost his left shoe.
Lt. Ziemer landed in a farm field and was attacked and beaten by German civilians using farm tools only to be rescued by two German officers who happened to be driving by. They transported him to a nearby airfield which began more than a year as a POW. He spent the majority of his time in Stalag Luft III. Captain Ziemer wrote a book about his experience during World War Two which was published in 2011. it is titled DOWN, BUT NOT OUT Dare Ziemer's Reluctant Visit to the Third Reich.
Sale to benefit medical bills for his family (my cousins). Please bid generously. Thank you.