Original Japanese WWII Pilot Bail Out Float Flag with Telescoping Staff - 38" x 31" Sterling SMG is some of the hardest

is some of the hardest to find material on the collector's market due to the low number of medical and abysmal survival rates

dates and targets such as "Luzon"

The other side of the ricasso bears the German Bayonet maker's name:

especially with the scabbard included and fully intact and in such good condition

He was finally accepted into the military pilot training program in 1943 on his third attempt

Original Japanese WWII Pilot Bail Out Float Flag with Telescoping Staff - 38" x 31" Sterling SMG is some of the hardestOriginal Item: Only one available. This is a rare World War II Japanese pilots bail out survival meatball float flag. The flag is constructed of silk with a stitched and stuffed buoyant border to assist in the flotation of the flag on the water for a Japanese pilot who crashed in the sea. The flag is in very good condition and is still attached to its original telescoping bamboo pole. It looks to be made of the usual rayon cloth, with the red "sun"