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WW2 original F-15 flying leather jacket USA AIR FORCE with patch and tag

WW2 original F-15 flying jacket USA AIR FORCE leather patch and tag

WW2 original F-15 flying leather jacket USA AIR FORCE with patch and tag

$345.00

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WW2 original F-15 flying leather jacket USA AIR FORCE with patch and tag

AMAZING USA WW2 PIECE OF HISTORY !!

a 100% original wartime jacket from the F-15 Flying USA air force !!
with the original patch on the sleeve and inside, the original AIR FORCE tag
and also on the inside, the original THE AIRPLANE COMMANDER patch, used ONLY in the original WW2 jacket
dorectly from the VET relatives !

size 50
a museum piece !

WW2 USA Flying Tigers AVG original PEARL HARBOR leather jacket with BLOOD CHIT CBI PATCH SKULL FELIX THE CAT

BLOOD CHIT CBI PATCH SKULL FELIX THE CAT USA leather jacket Flying Tigers AVG original PEARL HARBOR

WW2 USA Flying Tigers AVG original PEARL HARBOR leather jacket with BLOOD CHIT CBI PATCH SKULL FELIX THE CAT

$999.00

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WW2 USA F-15 Flying Tigers AVG original PEARL HARBOR leather jacket with BLOOD CHIT CBI PATCH SKULL FELIX THE CAT

amazing MUSEUM PIECE !
you will never find another greater and more complete than this one !
direct acquired from the VET family !!

IT HAVE EVERYTHING !!!!

- the BLOOD CHITE on the back
- The First American Volunteer Group (AVG) FLYING TIGERS patch
- Felix the Cat patch
- Full CBI patch
- the SKULL TOTENKOPF patch
- the map of the area of where they were fighting

A blood chit is a notice carried by military personnel and addressed to any civilians who may come across an armed-services member – such as a shot-down pilot – in difficulties. As well as identifying the force to which the bearer belongs as friendly, the notice displays a message requesting that the service member be rendered every assistance

The First American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Republic of China Air Force, nicknamed the Flying Tigers, was formed to help oppose the Japanese invasion of China. Operating in 1941–1942, it was composed of pilots from the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC), Navy (USN), and Marine Corps (USMC), and was commanded by Claire Lee Chennault. Their Curtiss P-40B Warhawk aircraft, marked with Chinese colors, flew under American control. Recruited under President Franklin Roosevelt's authority before Pearl Harbor, their mission was to bomb Japan and defend the Republic of China, but many delays meant the AVG first flew in combat after the US and Japan declared war.

The group consisted of three fighter squadrons of around 30 aircraft each that trained in Burma before the American entry into World War II to defend the Republic of China against Japanese forces. The AVG were officially members of the Republic of China Air Force. The group had contracts with salaries ranging from $250 a month for a mechanic to $750 for a squadron commander, roughly three times what they had been making in the U.S. forces. While it accepted some civilian volunteers for its headquarters and ground crew, the AVG recruited most of its staff from the U.S. military.

The Flying Tigers began to arrive in China in April 1941. The group first saw combat on 20 December 1941, 12 days after Pearl Harbor (local time). It demonstrated innovative tactical victories when the news in the U.S. was filled with little more than stories of defeat at the hands of the Japanese forces, and achieved such notable success during the lowest period of the war for both the U.S. and the Allied Forces as to give hope to America that it might eventually defeat Japan. AVG pilots earned official credit and received combat bonuses for destroying 296 enemy aircraft, while losing only 14 pilots in combat. The combat records of the AVG still exist and researchers have found them credible.[2] On 4 July 1942 the AVG was disbanded and replaced by the 23rd Fighter Group of the United States Army Air Forces, which was later absorbed into the U.S. Fourteenth Air Force with General Chennault as commander. The 23rd FG went on to achieve similar combat success, while retaining the nose art on the left-over P-40s.

WW2 unique trench art bone BADGE SALLA-PETSAMO ROVANIEMI LAPLAND OF THE FINNISH MOUNTAIN TROOPS

FINNISH MOUNTAIN TROOPS ww2 trench art bone BADGE SALLA-PETSAMO ROVANIEMI LAPLAND

WW2 unique trench art bone BADGE SALLA-PETSAMO ROVANIEMI LAPLAND OF THE FINNISH MOUNTAIN TROOPS

$139.00

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WW2 unique trench art bone BADGE SALLA-PETSAMO ROVANIEMI LAPLAND OF THE FINNISH MOUNTAIN TROOPS

A very nice badge Salla-Petsamo Rovaniemi (Lapland) of the Finnish mountain troops. An enameled badge on a cross of reindeer bones. The enamel with small chips, see picture.

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