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RARE WW2 ARMY AIR FORCE BOMBER JACKET-713TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON-NAMED-PATCH- A TYPE A-2 BROWN LEATHER JACKET-SIZE 40-CANNOT READ THE MADER- AIR FORCE-U S ARMY ON LABEL WITH CONTRACT NUMBER- VETERAN NAME INKED INSIDE H B SCHROEDER ON THE LINER AND H B S NEAR THE LINER BY THE ARMPIT-ACQUIRED FROM THE FAMILY -HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE 713TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON OF THE 448 BOMB GROUP OF THE MIGHTY 8TH AIR FORCE-FLYING IN A B-24 LIBERATOR- THE RICH DARK BROWN JACKET IS IN VERY GOOD PLUS CONDITION- SOME NORMAL WEAR ON THE LEATHER -BEAUTIFUL 713TH SQAUDRON PATCH ON THE FRONT- SOME CRACKING, BUT FULL OF COLOR-A ROBIN HOOD CHARACTER RIDING A DEEP BLUE BOMB-HEAVY CALIBRE MACHINE GUN IN LEFT HAND AND AMMUNITION IN THE RIGHT- THE LINER SHOWS WEAR AND LOST AROUND THE COLLAR AND ARMPITS-INCLUDED IS A SMALL NOTE WITH THE AIRCRAFT NUMBER AND PLANE NAME-COMMANDO-SHOT DOWN 4-25-44- RESEACH SHOWS THE B-24 WAS RETURNING DAMAGED FROM A MISSION TO MANHEIM GERMANY- MADE A FORCED LANDING IN SWITERLAND-DESTROYED BY CREW ON LANDING AND 10 CREWMAN WERE INTERNED PER THE NAVIGATOR-BRUCE CRANE-VERY RARE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE ONE OF THESE SELDOM SEEN AND HARD TO FOUND BOMBER JACKETS- WITH THE BONUS OF A NAMED AIRMAN AND UNIT HISTORY -RARE COLLECTIBLE. The item “RARE WW2 ARMY AIR FORCE BOMBER JACKET-713TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON-NAMED-PATCH” is in sale since Wednesday, November 02, 2016. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\WW II (1939-45)\Original Period Items\United States\Uniforms”. The seller is “generallee292″ and is located in Kingsville, Maryland. This item can be shipped to United States.