United States Army Air Forces Type 1944 tunic; olive drab wool "Ike" jacket with five hidden buttons down front; two patch pockets with flap and box pleat; drop fall collar; waist belt; gold embroidered Honorable Discharge (Ruptured Duck) insignia over right pocket; brass U.S. Army Air Forces winged propeller and United States "U.S." national insignia disks on collar; embroidered Army Air Forces winged five point star insignia on left shoulder; Enlisted Technical Specialist "Engineering" sleeve insignia on right cuff; embroidered Mediterranean Allied Air Forces insignia on right shoulder (white wings on blue rectangle with orange boarder and letter text "MAAF"); two silver wire horizontal overseas service stripes on left cuff.
Created by
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Date Created
12/16/2021
Source
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Keywords
Aviation; Equipment; Flight Gear; Military; People; Uniforms; World War II
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