Original U.S. WWII 15th Air Force Aerial Gunner Named A-2 Flight Jacket with Italian Theatre Patches Category_MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock The waistcoat helped protect the

The waistcoat helped protect the shoulders from hot barrels and also aided the carrying of the guns and Vickers tripods as the shoulder pads prevented slippage

The blade is a triple etched variety

whose industrialists made the cloth that was sold back to the Empire to fund future trade

• Beaver pelt "fore and aft" cocked hat complete with all appropriate gold filigree etc

The remarkable story of this find was featured in Military Trader magazine in the article “Cache of Dreams: Thousands of German Made Helmets Discovered in Finland

Original U.S. WWII 15th Air Force Aerial Gunner Named A-2 Flight Jacket with Italian Theatre Patches Category_MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock The waistcoat helped protect theOriginal Item: One of a kind. Aerial Gunner John R. Baker was a crew member aboard a B 24 Liberator or a B 17 Boeing B 17 Flying Fortress and served with the 15th Air Force stationed in Italy during WWII. The interior of this incredible jacket bears the owners name stenciled onto the lining in yellow paint that reads: JOHN R. BAKER 18129278 The jacket has some exceptional features including: Italian made painted leather embossed 15th Air Force