‘By the grace of God, we got it back’

Doomed DC plane pilot and Big Apple native Jonathan Campos was carrying one of his most treasured possessions with him during the air horror — the police badge of his beloved late NYPD dad.

Campos, 34, lost his cop dad, Feliberto Campos Jr., when he was only 9, a devastating event that remained with him, family and friends said.

He eventually had his father’s badge number tattooed on his right shoulder —and would fly with the badge after becoming a pilot, they said.

Campos had the badge with him when the American Eagle passenger plane he was piloting crashed with an army Black Hawk helicopter in DC on Jan. 29, killing him and 66 others, said his former fiancee, Nicole Suissa, outside his wake in Brooklyn on Monday.

“Jonathan’s father was a NYPD officer,” Suissa, 34, told The Post. “His badge number was 4935. [Jonathan] liked to fly with it.

“His mother gave it to him, and he kept it, he flew with it the day-of — crashed with it. And thankfully, his mom got it back on Friday,’’ she said, referring to recovery efforts that yielded the badge in the wreckage.

“We thought we weren’t going to get it back. And by the grace of God, we got it back. His mother has it back. It’s her badge now. It’s our badge.”

Campos will now be buried next to his father — and with his flight wings, an incredibly poignant tribute to his love of flying, Suissa added.

“I’m just as impressed with him now as I was when I was a kid,’’ said the grieving woman, who was Campos’s high-school sweetheart.

“I remember sitting with him outside on a free period, and I asked him, ‘What do you want to do with the rest of your life?’ And he said, ‘I want to be a pilot. … I don’t know what kind of pilot, but I’m going to be a pilot, maybe a fighter pilot, maybe an airline pilot.’

“And we grew up, and sure enough, he’s a pilot. I’m a lawyer. And I remember him getting this job with PSA [Airlines] and flying for American Airlines.

“And we went out to dinner, and I said to him, you know, ‘Whatever issues were, aside from everything I have to say, I can’t tell you how proud of you I am. You’re a pilot. You did it. You did everything you said you were going to do,’ ” she said.

“I want people to remember that this is a guy that lived every day like he had no days left,” Suissa said.

“I don’t know that he has any regrets. I don’t think he does. And he was full of life — bigger-than-life personality.

“Yeah, he was 34. And that’s crazy young to be dying. But he did a lifetime of living.”

The former fiancee gathered with other mourners at the Andrew Torregossa and Sons Funeral Home  to remember Campos, whose pilot’s hat sat on his closed coffin along with heaps of roses and an American flag.

Several pilots and flight attendants attended the wake in uniform.

Campos was born in The Bronx and grew up in Brooklyn, with family saying “he loved fast vehicles and always wanted to become a pilot,” according to his obituary.

“Jonathan’s passion for aviation and love of flying in service of others was exhibited everyday, in every offer to family and friends, every friendly encounter with his students, every on-air announcement to his cabin and crew,” his family wrote.

“Jonathan lived and loved his work,” they added.

About 100 people were in attendance at the wake, sobbing as they approached the casket and knelt before a picture of Campos in his pilot uniform.

Sean Goldberg, 33, told The Post he grew up with Campos in Brooklyn’s Bensonhurst neighborhood, describing the late pilot as a “respectful” man who always stood by his friends and family.

“He’s a gentleman … a man’s man,” Goldberg said. “He took care of his family, he took care of his friends.

“The world mourns.”

Goldberg said he was among the many who tuned in on TV to learn about the deadly crash, only to learn the heartbreaking news later that Campos was on that flight.

“I get the call, and it’s him. The odds. The chances. The world lost a good man,” he added.

Several of the flower wreaths surrounding the coffin were sent by PSA Airlines, a subsidiary of American Airlines where Campos worked​ at the time of the crash, along with Delta Air Lines and JetBlue Airways.

One of the signed wreaths read, “Captain Jonathan Campos will remain in our hearts forever.”

The mourners spoke quietly with each other as they recalled the life of the New York native who overcame adversity to make his dreams of taking to the skies come true.

Campos’ life first took a turn when his dad passed away, leaving him to be raised by his mother and aunt.

​He attended elementary school at PS 90, middle school at IS 303, and graduated from John Dewey High School in 2008.

He would then move to Daytona Beach, Florida, to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and pursue his ambition of becoming a pilot.

Campos graduated with a Bachelors in Aeronautical Science in 2015 and later served a​s a flight instructor at Epic Flight Academy.

Three years later, Campos became a captain at PSA Airlines, which awarded him and the rest of the flight crew a posthumous award of “highest distinction” on Sunday to honor their service.

Campos, First Officer and fellow pilot Samuel Lilley and flight attendants Danasia Elder and Ian Epstein were among the 67 people who lost their lives when the plane collided with the military chopper near the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport​.

A water cannon salute was held at the airport  Friday night to honor Campos.

The funeral for the pilot will be held Tuesday at 9:45 a.m. at Brooklyn’s Shrine Church of St. Bernadette. Campos will be buried at the St. John Cemetery, in Middle Village, the same cemetery where his father was buried.

A GoFundMe to help Campos’ mother pay for the funeral expenses has raised more than $47,000 as of Monday afternoon.