• Jacket, Flying, Type A-2, United States Army Air Forces
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    United States Army Air Forces Type A-2 Flying Jacket; waist length seal brown horsehide jacket with brown knit wool cuffs and waist band; brass zipper down front; two front flap pockets with hidden snaps; stand and fall collar with snaps; brown rayon lining; shoulder straps; dark brown sewn in manufacturer's tag with embroidered gold text on inside collar (see inscriptions for full text) Leather 69th Bombardment Squadron insignia left breast (stylized American Bald Eagle with yellow bomb carried in its talons, light blue background with gold sewn boarder), Light brown leather name tag above left breast insignia "T.N. WEEMS JR."; silver Army medical caduseus insignia between name tag and insignia.

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Benjamin G. Sullivan

Date Created

03/05/2020

Source

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

Keywords

PERSONAL EQUIPMENT Flight Clothing

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