Original U.S. WWII 576th Bomb Squadron Painted A-2 Flight Jacket Grouping The Pacific on HBO To accomplish that purpose the

To accomplish that purpose the MG 08/15 featured a short bipod rather than a heavy four legged sled mount

in July 1919

The outerside does retain the original black finish well

Year of Manufacture: 44-45

The Hotchkiss machine gun itself (excluding the tripod) has only 32 parts ( US War Department Handbook of the Hotchkiss Machine Gun

Original U.S. WWII 576th Bomb Squadron Painted A-2 Flight Jacket Grouping The Pacific on HBO To accomplish that purpose theOriginal Item: One of a kind. Remarkable painted A 2 flight jacket and grouping of World War II Staff Sergeant William C. King, a B 24 aerial gunner with the 576th Bomb Squadron, 392 Bomb Group, 8th Air Force based out of Wendling, England. W. C. King Jr. appears in 39 missions on the 392 Bomb Group website all of which can be found at this link. Sergeant King remained in the Air Force through the Korean war and was promoted to Captain in the 1950s.