Original U.S. WWII Named Army Air Forces Private Purchase Type A2 Leather Flight Jacket with Laundry Number - Maj. P.J. Keller U.S. Air Force and would have been held

and would have been held in place by two lock screws

It could be as early as the Korean War and was used as an Aircraft First Aid Kit

The leather has dried out

This is the marking of the Royal Ordinance Factory at Poole

rare today but somewhat common during the Victorian era

Original U.S. WWII Named Army Air Forces Private Purchase Type A2 Leather Flight Jacket with Laundry Number - Maj. P.J. Keller U.S. Air Force and would have been heldOriginal Item. Only One Available. The Type A 2 leather flight jacket is a military flight jacket closely associated with World War II U. S. Army Air Forces pilots, navigators and bombardiers, who often decorated their jackets with squadron patches and elaborate artwork painted on the back. Sometimes casually referred to as a bomber jacket, its original designation was "Jacket, Pilot's (summer)", and its wartime usage was limited neither to pilots nor