Original U.S. WWII B-24 The Duchess Named A-2 Flight Jacket- Over 40 Missions Field Gear This Peabody carbine is a

This Peabody carbine is a breech-loading

these are 'new old stock'

Another item from our spectacular Napoleonic Wars Naval Collection recently acquired in England is this framed oil painted oval miniature of Admiral Horatio Nelson

essentially moving from muzzle loading flintlocks in the 1820's to breech loading hammerless ejectors by the 1880's

The first demonstration of the value of the vest came shortly after the Navy began purchasing them

Original U.S. WWII B-24 The Duchess Named A-2 Flight Jacket- Over 40 Missions Field Gear This Peabody carbine is aOriginal Item: One of a kind. Sergeant Joseph A. Drahnak Army Serial Number 33245795 participated in over 40 missions as a member of Crew #56, 391st Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force. He flew as a gunner on missions in the Spring and Summer of 1944 on various planes including B 24s The Duchess 42 94861, The Duchess 2 44 40208, Cock of The Sky 41 29569, Chesty 42 94890, the B 17 Joy Riders and others. He flew in more than 40 missions all of