Original U.S. WWII B-25 Bomber Trouble Bruin A-2 Flight Jacket - 488th Bomb Squadron Scottish Militaria Company C was hit hard

Company C was hit hard by friendly fire mortars while crossing the Douve

mostly from small rock fragments during artillery bombardment

SIR IMPY CARRUTHERS

Returned to the US in August

in dedications of monuments and public works

Original U.S. WWII B-25 Bomber Trouble Bruin A-2 Flight Jacket - 488th Bomb Squadron Scottish Militaria Company C was hit hardOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is an exceptional A2 leather flight jacket issued to a member of the 12th Air Force, 340th Bombardment Group, 488th Bomb Squadron. The 488th Bomb Squadron was established as a B 25 Mitchell medium bomber squadron in mid 1942, trained by Third Air Force in the southeastern United States. Deployed to IX Bomber Command in Egypt initially in March 1943 via Air Transport Command South Atlantic Route through Caribbean,