Original U.S. WWII Spitfire Pilot 307th Fighter Squadron Named A2 Leather Flight Jacket MP 40 Polished breechblock marked SB

Polished breechblock marked SB

fought at El Alamein against Field Marshall Rommel and chased the Germans all the way up Italy by the end of the conflict

Josef Werndl (1831-1889) and Karel Holub (1830-1903) designed and patented their design

Nicholas recovered completely and was never bothered by his injury

Synchronizing the Schwarzlose for use in fighters turned out to be a difficult engineering challenge

Original U.S. WWII Spitfire Pilot 307th Fighter Squadron Named A2 Leather Flight Jacket MP 40 Polished breechblock marked SBOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is an nice A2 leather flight jacket issued to Wilbur C. Dodd, who was a pilot in the 307th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group, 12th Air Force. He flew a Spitfire and was stationed in England in 1942 later moving to Sicily in 1943. From pilot 307th Ron Brown's diary: "Ran into about 100 Fw's and Me's on the morning mission. Probably got one and a damaged. Others claimed damage on the enemy. Graham was shot up and