Original U.S. WWII B-17 Flying Fortress 535th Bomb Squadron A-2 Flight Jacket Category_Water Jacket Assembly Initially the aircraft flew observation

Initially the aircraft flew observation or dropped messages

worn out or lost after the war

the updated AK47 variant included a bayonet lug

The armored gauntlet decorated with embossed designs and also shows sign of some old gold embellishments mostly worn away

than a Lloyds Patriotic Fund sword

Original U.S. WWII B-17 Flying Fortress 535th Bomb Squadron A-2 Flight Jacket Category_Water Jacket Assembly Initially the aircraft flew observationOriginal Item: One of a kind. The 535th bomb squadron was part of the 381st Bomb Group that flew B 17 Flying Fortresses from Ridgewell, Essex England between June 1943 and April 1945. The Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit Citations, the first for bombing shipyards at Bremen, whilst under heavy attack, on 8 October 1943 and the second was awarded to the 1st Bomb Division as a whole for flying without fighter protection to bomb aircraft factories