Original U.S. WWII 646th Bombardment Squadron A-2 Flight Jacket Japanese Air Force • no bridle on the

• no bridle on the powder pan

just as the Lebel M1886 would have twenty years later

Cleaned but still as it came out of the attic

In October 1798

and some lacquer splitting on the sides where the two pieces of wood are joined

Original U.S. WWII 646th Bombardment Squadron A-2 Flight Jacket Japanese Air Force • no bridle on theOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is a A2 leather flight jacket issued to a member of the crew of a Douglas A 20 Havoc that was assigned to the 646th Bombardment Squadron, 9th Air Force. The 646th Bombardment Squadron was established as a Third Air Force A 20 Havoc light bomber Operational Training Unit in mid 1943; Deployed to European Theater of Operations (ETO) in mid 1944; assigned to Ninth Air Force in England. Entered combat in May 1944 and