Original U.S. WWII Army Air Forces M1 Armor Flyer Flak Vest Front and Back Pieces Category_MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly Scott Madding as commander and

Scott Madding as commander and MSG Robert L

The minimal cross guard is brass

and wooden grips

1941 Black Wound Badge Award Document with Medal and packet named to Obergefreiten Hans Wiechers of Stab III/Inf Regt

Sugar Grove KY

Original U.S. WWII Army Air Forces M1 Armor Flyer Flak Vest Front and Back Pieces Category_MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly Scott Madding as commander andOriginal Item: Only One Available. During WW2 in the US Army Air Corps, bomber crews often returned from missions over NSDAP occupied Europe reporting extremely dense flak, each burst spraying the aircraft with hot shrapnel. Following the experience of the Royal Air Force, the Air Corps began issuing flak jackets to aircrews in 1942. These early flak jackets were heavy, consisting of steel plates sewn into multi layered nylon that would catch low