Original U.S. WWII Airborne D-Day Silk Map "Zones of France" - Dated March 1944 - WEA Western European Area French Ordnance 14th Air Force A-2 leather

14th Air Force A-2 leather flight jacket

The rifle features an nice un-sanded stock with the edges still proud over the lock plate

The division crossed over to Czechoslovakia on 4 May 1945

The blazing wreckage landed just outside Bad Zwischenahn airfield

The M1914 has a swell-point blade profile

Original U.S. WWII Airborne D-Day Silk Map "Zones of France" - Dated March 1944 - WEA Western European Area French Ordnance 14th Air Force A-2 leatherOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a rare hard to find March, 1944 dated "Zones of France", Scale 1: 2. 000. 000, silk map. On D Day, this map was mainly worn by US airborne troops around their neck. In February 1944, in preparation for D Day, the Intelligence School No. 9 (IS9) responsible for Western European Area (WEA) produced a second edition of the rayon map of France, printed in colors on one side, 1: 2. 000. 000 scale (1 cm for 20 km).