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LARGE ORIGINAL IDENTIFIED WW2 U. ARMY AIR FORCES PILOT/PILOT INSTRUCTOR LT. PENNINGTON UNIFORM, HAT, FLIGHT LOG, DOG TAG, PHOTOS, DOCUMENT GROUPING LOT. ALL ITEMS LISTED IN THIS LISTING ARE FROM THE ESTATE OF U. PENNINGTON AND IT INCLUDES ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. AAF KHAKI OFFICER’S UNIFORM JACKET WITH FULL INSIGNIA AND BADGES, ETC. JACKET IS NAMED TO PENNINGTON ON INTERIOR TAIL OF THE JACKET. THIS KHAKI OFFICERS JACKET FEATURES A FOUR POCKET FRONT AND RETAINS ALL OF IT’S GOLD IN COLOR METAL OFFICERS BUTTONS. EARLY WAR BLUE FELT AAF PATCH IS SEWN TO LEFT SHOULDER AND OFFICER BRAID TO CUFFS. JACKET RETAINS ALL OF IT’S METAL OFFICERS (2nd LT) RANK SHOULDER INSIGNIA, AAF WINGED AND U. THE LEFT BREAST FEATURES THE PILOT’S SILVER WASHED (UNMARKED) 3 (IN LENGTH) FULL SIZE PILOT WINGS. JACKET RETAINS A MAKER’S TAG TO INTERIOR POCKET. THIS JACKET IS IN GOOD WORN CONDITION, HAVING SOME SCATTERED MOTH HOLES, ESP. TO IT’S ARMS, NOTHING TO BAD BUT THEY ARE THERE. JACKET HAS NO TEARS AND NO STAINS, JUST A FEW MARKS HERE AND THERE. JACKET’S APPROX MEASUREMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: 17″ FROM SHOULDER TO SHOULDER, 19″ FROM ARMPIT TO ARMPIT, SLEEVES MEASURE 24″ IN LENGTH AND THE JACKET MEASURES 31″ IN TOTAL HEIGHT, FROM IT’S TOP TO IT’S BOTTOM. AAF KHAKI OFFICER’S PIPED OVERSEAS HAT WITH METAL 2nd LT BAR TO ONE SIDE OF THE HAT AND A METAL AAF WINGED OFFICERS INSIGNIA TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HAT. INTERIOR OF THE HAT IS FULLY LINED AND RETAINS IT’S BROWN LEATHER SWEATBAND. THERE IS A UNION MAKERS TAG TO THE BACK SIDE OF THE SWEATBAND. HAT MEASURES 10-1/2” IN TOTAL LENGTH AND IS IN GOOD USED CONDITION, SHOWING AVERAGE AGE AND WEAR, HAVING NO HOLES AND NO TEARS. PENNINGTON’S NAMED ENLISTED (BEFORE HE BECAME AN OFFICER) DOG TAG AND BEADED CHAIN. DOG TAG HAS A TETANUS SHOT DATE OF “T43″ (1943) SHOWING A NEXT OF KIN (HIS WIFE) HOME ADDRESS OF MEMPHIS TENN. PENNINGTON’S LARGE SIZE HARD COVER AAF FLIGHT LOG BOOK GIVEN TO HIM BY HIS WIFE ON CHRISTMAS 1944 AS WRITTEN TO THE INTERIOR COVER OF THE LOG, PRESENTED TO MY HUSBAND LT. PENNINGTON XMASS 1944 MRS. PENNINGTON GOOD LUCK ALWAYS DARLING. SECOND INTERIOR PAGE OF THE LOG STATES THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION THAT WAS HAND WRITTEN; LT. THIS PILOT FLIGHT LOG IS DATED FROM JANUARY 1, 1945 (FIRST ENTRY) TO NOVEMBER 14, 1945 (LAST ENTRY). HALF OF THIS LOG IS FILLED WITH HAND WRITTEN FLIGHT ENTRIES. LOG BOOK IS IN GOOD USED CONDITION, SHOWING AVERAGE AGE AND WEAR. FILLED WITH LOTS OF WAR TIME FLIGHT INFORMATION, ETC. ONE BUSINESS SIZE CARD FOR JOHN A. PENNINGTON (LIEUTENANT AIR CORPS ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES). ONE 1945 DATED WAR DEPARTMENT RATION CARD NAMED TO JOHN A. PENNINGTON ISSUED AT SELMAN FIELD, MONROE, LA. WITH STAMP FROM AAF OFFICER. TWO ORIGINAL WAR TIME PHOTOGRAPHS OF LT. THE LARGER SIZED PHOTO SHOWS LT. PENNINGTON IS HIS HEAVY FLIGHT JACKET, FLIGHT HAT AND GOGGLES ON HIS HEAD. PHOTO MEASURES 7″ BY 5″ AND IS STILL IN IT’S ORIGINAL METAL STAND UP FRAME AND GLASS FRONT. SMALL PHOTO SHOWS LT. PENNINGTON IN HIS KHAKI UNIFORM AND KHAKI VISOR CAP. PENNINGTON AND HIS WIFE. PHOTO MEASURES 2-1/2 IN DIAMETER AND IS INSIDE OF IT’S ORIGINAL PLASTIC PHOTO HOLDER. BOTH PHOTOS ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. MESSAGE RECORDS, IT IS UNKNOWN TO ME IF THERE IS ANY RECORDING ON THESE 6-1/2” (IN DIAMETER) RECORDS FROM LT. PENNINGTON AS I DO NOT HAVE A RECORD PLAYER TO CHECK. IT WOULD BE VERY COOL IF THERE ARE RECORDED MESSAGES ON THE RECORDS FROM LT. BOTH USO RECORDS SHOWS SOME AGE AND WEAR. ONE ORIGINAL COPY OF AN AAF NEWSPAPER “BEAM”, DATED “24 FEBRUARY 1945″. “BEAM” WAS THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER FROM THE US AAF HONDO AIR ARMY AIR FIELD HONDO, TEXAS. ONE PAPER “DAILY INFORMATION SHEET” FROM AAF NAVIGATION SCHOOL HONDO TEXAS, DATED FOR “9, MAY 1945″. ONE PAPER US AAF “AIRCRAFT ARRIVAL REPORT” NAMED TO PENNINGTON, J. SEE THE ABOVE LISTING PHOTOS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. The item “Large Original WW2 Identified U. S. Army Air Forces Pilot’s Uniform Grouping Lot” is in sale since Tuesday, October 27, 2020. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\WW II (1939-45)\Original Period Items\United States\Uniforms”. The seller is “ww21941″ and is located in Buffalo, New York. This item can be shipped worldwide.