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ORIGINAL vintage Blue Anchor Overall L-2B Flying Jacket with period 343rd Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron patch. Jacket is size LARGE. Fits more like a medium. Patch is machine sewn. Roundel and nylon are faded. Some small and faded unknown red stains on reverse as seen in photo. Similar small faint red stain in right underarm (not seen in photo). Overall, nylon and knits are in good shape with no major issues. Crown zippers on front and pocket are functional. Lining is shiny and soft. Appears rumpled but no major pilling or defects. I’m no tailor! Top of collar to bottom of knit 22. Outside of sleeve from shoulder seam to bottom of knit 22. 343rd Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron was activated. On 1 November 1950 and. Conducted aerial photography and global strategic reconnaissance from 1950 to 1979. On, 9 July 1953 a squadron RB-50 temporarily attached to the 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron was shot down by Soviet fighters about ninety miles south of Vladivostok. DON’T MISS OUT ON THIS GENUINE PIECE OF COLD WAR AVIATION HISTORY!!! REASONABLE OPENING WITH NO RESERVE!!! The item “Vtg 1950s L-2B USAF Flying Jacket Conmar Zips 343rd Strat Recon Sqdn Patch” is in sale since Saturday, June 5, 2021. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\1954-60\Original Period Items”. The seller is “pp_sharikov” and is located in Las Vegas, Nevada. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Montserrat, Turks and caicos islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Uruguay.

• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Original/Reproduction: Original
• Time Period Manufactured: 1954-60