Original U.S. WWII 576th Bomb Squadron Painted A-2 Flight Jacket Grouping German Militaria This is a classic example

This is a classic example of an Aboriginal War Club known as a "WADDY" or a "NULLA NULLA"

Flak at the target was meager and inaccurate but heavy elsewhere

descending tides made the waters too shallow for the British ships and they had to break off

meaning this came home with a USGI after WW2

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Original U.S. WWII 576th Bomb Squadron Painted A-2 Flight Jacket Grouping German Militaria This is a classic exampleOriginal Item: One of a kind. Remarkable painted A 2 flight jacket and grouping of World War II Staff Sergeant William C. King, a B 24 aerial gunner with the 576th Bomb Squadron, 392 Bomb Group, 8th Air Force based out of Wendling, England. W. C. King Jr. appears in 39 missions on the 392 Bomb Group website all of which can be found at this link. Sergeant King remained in the Air Force through the Korean war and was promoted to Captain in the 1950s.