Original U.S. WWII US Army Air Forces B-15 Intermediate Flight Jacket - Size US 36 Cannons USS Ohio (BB-12)USS Ohio (BB-12)

USS Ohio (BB-12)USS Ohio (BB-12)

all paratrooper helmets were produced by Eisenhuttenwerke of Thale

the nickel plate has degraded in places

but we do not know the significance of the stripe

• 2013 hydro report

Original U.S. WWII US Army Air Forces B-15 Intermediate Flight Jacket - Size US 36 Cannons USS Ohio (BB-12)USS Ohio (BB-12)Original Item: Only One Available. The U. S. Army Air Force Type B 15 Intermediate Flight Jacket was developed from lessons learned in field use of the highly popular B 10 Flight Jacket of 1943. As early as 1942, the Materiel Division of the US Army Air Forces was seeking an alternative material to sheepskin for producing flying suits, and by October of that same year development had begun at Wright Field on the Intermediate Flying Jacket, Type B 10.