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Painted A-2 Jacket & Uniform Lot ~ 100th B.G "Bloody 100th" Veteran B-17 "The All American Girl" Sgt. Walter Keijonen. The jacket is an original "Bronco Mfg." size 36 in complete original condition ~ excellent leather, knit, zipper, liner, etc. The jacket has never had any other insignia applied to the jacket, its virgin. The paint is 95% or better with normal age wear only. Accompanied by vet's original four-pocket Enlisted Man's tunic and his Officer's grade AAC Cadet tunic. An extremely rare and excellent example of painted A-2 from a very famous 8th Air Force bomb group. A nice opportunity for the serious A-2 collectors! SOLD $4,000.00
Woman's USAF Type B-17 Flight Jacket Korean era cloth flight jacket from a Flight Nurse's estate. All original with excellent shell, USAF stencil, zipper, collar and knit elements. Original spec tag reads size (Medium). Original "Air Service Rescue" squadron patch to chest. Captain's rank bar bars applied to shoulders and a plastic style name plate protector on chest as well. You won't find a nicer original example of this rare designation of flight jacket ~ guaranteed! $750.00

CBI Type B-10 Flight Jacket Made by "Stagg Coat Co," (size 40) completely original knit, zipper, spec tag ~ excellent honey brown mouton collar. Features a theater made multi-piece leather US flag on back, multi-piece leather CBI patch to shoulder and a rare (6-language) Blood Chit on the inside of the jacket. Has a unique name strip sewn to inside of the jacket ~ named to "C.I. Slapak". The jacket also has some added elbow pads sewn to the outside sleeves. I'm figuring this is probably a transport or Hump pilot's jacket by the way it has been done ~ a great example! $900.00
1st Combat Cargo Sqdn Type B-15 Flight Jacket A rare squadron here ~ the 1st Combat Cargo squadron was a decorated unit in the CBI theater ~ the jacket features a rare theater hand made 1st CCS large jacket patch sewn to chest, felt AAF patch on shoulder. There are three parachute symbols painted on the right chest area. Has the original knit elements with show typical age use wear and the collar is in excellent condition. The spec tag is missing, but I'm guessing a size (40) or so. The original Talon zipper functions perfectly. Has the name "Smith" written on the inside neck area. Overall, a rare and solid jacket! $1000.00
A-2 Flight Jacket Grouping ~ Sgt. Billy K. Joyner Aerial Gunner 829th B.S. 485th B.G. 15th Air Force B-24s MTO Italy. Features a nice early government contract labeled A-2 flight jacket (size 38) with all original knit elements, zipper, spec tag, etc. The jacket has his leather name tag, original leather 485th B.G. patch the left chest, leather 829th B.S. patch to right chest, leather U.S. Flag on right shoulder and leather 15th Air Force patch to left shoulder - all are Italian made incised leather patches. The patches all show extensive paint wear and loss, but the designs on all are still excellent. The jacket has normal age wear and displays great! The group also contains Joyner's original dog tag, his Enlisted Man's peaked cap, a service web belt, a tan shirt, a small section of Air Medal ribbon, numerous photos of crews and aircraft nose art - some originals and some are copies, several post-war copies of Joyner' s military service records including his Air Medal award document. Overall a great named A-2 jacket group! ON HOLD $1,700.00
Painted A-2 Flight Jacket Grouping B-17 Pilot Lt. John R. McCord 816th Bomb Sqdn 483rd Bomb Group 15th Air Force Features a great painted A-2 jacket named "Yankee Mule" - the jacket was made by "United Sheeplined Clothing Co. - Long Branch N.J." (size 38). The jacket has a nice painted 816th B.S. patch on chest and theater made embroidered leather name strip to opposite chest. Original spec tag, Crown zipper (missing pull), liner, knit elements show some typical wear with a few scattered moth nips and snags. The leather shell is in good solid condition with age wear as shown. The paint artwork is overall excellent - 95%. Accompanying the A-2 jacket are McCord's WWII (un-named) Air Medal and (named - privately engraved) DFC, a boxed WWII Victory Medal, his wartime flight records, various orders and misc. documents, his Cadet class book where he is pictured and the book has numerous original signatures of fellow cadets, about 30 original wartime photos of McCord in training as a cadet as well as in combat in Italy. Overall a very nice grouping - hard to find 15th Air Force B-17 material! ON HOLD $3,400.00