Original U.S. WWII Named Army Air Forces Private Purchase Type A2 Leather Flight Jacket with Laundry Number - Maj. P.J. Keller French Gun Magazines and wife of Doctor Samuel

and wife of Doctor Samuel C

Co indicates that the first incarnation of this piece was produced by London Small Arms Co

Measures roughly 9¾” long

It displays the "von Spee" family coat of arms

which is almost never seen on these

Original U.S. WWII Named Army Air Forces Private Purchase Type A2 Leather Flight Jacket with Laundry Number - Maj. P.J. Keller French Gun Magazines and wife of Doctor SamuelOriginal Item. Only One Available. The Type A 2 leather flight jacket is a military flight jacket closely associated with World War II U. S. Army Air Forces pilots, navigators and bombardiers, who often decorated their jackets with squadron patches and elaborate artwork painted on the back. Sometimes casually referred to as a bomber jacket, its original designation was "Jacket, Pilot's (summer)", and its wartime usage was limited neither to pilots nor