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The jacket is entirely either Burmese or Chinese theater made. There is no size tagging present, but jacket measures to a size 34-36 or so. The jacket is period named to R. I researched the name and found a Robert V. Mulanax who was a 10th AF fighter pilot with the 311th Fighter Group, 530th Fighter Squadron. Mulanax was credited with three aerial victories, one each on 11/28/1943, 3/27/1944, and 5/11/1944. The vintage bush jacket exhibits heavy period wear and use. The jacket exhibits soiling and sweat staining throughout and a few of the buttons are also chipped or have some small losses. The inner neck of the jacket has some period writing in ink with the name of pilot and misc. Numbers possibly partial serial numbers. The outer neck under the collar has a serial number which I believe reads O666424 written in it as seen. The lower inside front tail of the jacket has some kanji characters and also the initials RVM period written in them. Some of the writing has bled as seen but is still mainly legible. The jacket also lacks the belt. This jacket is in by no means excellent condition, but is one that shows honest period use and field wear and was probably flown in quite a bit. The jacket and all patches & insignia are 100% theater made and jacket is totally original with nothing added or removed. The jacket displays wonderfully and would make a wonderful addition to most any WWII CBI or Fighter Pilot collection. I have owned several WWII theater made bush jackets over the years, but this one was always my favorite. Guaranteed 100% authentic in every regard. 99 CENTS TO START & NO RESERVE! The item “NAMED WWII 311th FIGHTER GROUP 10th AIR FORCE CBI PILOT BUSH FLIGHT JACKET WW2″ is in sale since Thursday, March 02, 2017. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\WW II (1939-45)\Original Period Items\United States\Uniforms”. The seller is “prhitking4256″ and is located in Maineville, Ohio. This item can be shipped to United States.