Original U.S. WWII 2nd Air Force Painted A-2 Leather Flight Jacket - 358th Bombardment Squadron, 303rd Bombardment Group U.S. Ammo The front of the jacket

The front of the jacket features MARK in yellow

It does however show oxidation from contact with the leather scabbard

The Elsan chemical toilet

with spring hooks at either end

The katana has a handmade blade with a Futsu 普通 (regular) Nakago (tang) with Naagari (asymmetrical rounded) nakago-jiri (tang tip)

Original U.S. WWII 2nd Air Force Painted A-2 Leather Flight Jacket - 358th Bombardment Squadron, 303rd Bombardment Group U.S. Ammo The front of the jacketOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This is an absolutely beautiful World War Two American painted A 2 flight jacket. The jacket has no names or identifiable markings that we can find, but from the squadron patch present we were able to discover the unit and their history, the 358th Bombardment Squadron. The squadron was a part of the 303rd Bombardment Group under command of the 2nd Air Force. The 358th Bombardment Squadron was established in February 1942