Original U.S. WWII USAAF M1 Armor Flyers Flak Vest U.S. Badges and original brass insignia on

and original brass insignia on the crown

Included with this excellent example is a fully functional magazine and original WWI cleaning kit

lessons were learned and one minor one was that under inclement weather conditions

VF-6 swapped designations with VF-3 and began flying the F6F Hellcat

• Maker’s code with size marking “66” stamped on the interior of the shell found over the wearer’s left ear

Original U.S. WWII USAAF M1 Armor Flyers Flak Vest U.S. Badges and original brass insignia onOriginal Item: Only One Available. During WW2 in the US Army Air Corps, bomber crews often returned from missions over NSDAP occupied Europe reporting extremely dense flak, each burst spraying the aircraft with hot shrapnel. Following the experience of the Royal Air Force, the Air Corps began issuing flak jackets to aircrews in 1942. These early flak jackets were heavy, consisting of steel plates sown into multi layered nylon that would catch low