Original U.S. WWII Jet Wilson Fighter Pilot A-2 Flight Jacket Grouping - 383rd Fighter Squadron Japanese Replica with only minor changes occurring

with only minor changes occurring during that time

On the right arm is a third patch that reads NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTEMS CENTER

It is an experimental design built by the Gurkha master gun makers of Nepal and deviates from the standard Neaplese 1878 pattern Francotte martini rifle in that it has a cocking indicator

no longer showing any clear markings except for traces of a proof mark on the left ricasso

Fully described on Pages 232-233 of David Harding's Small Arms of the East India Company 1600-1856

Original U.S. WWII Jet Wilson Fighter Pilot A-2 Flight Jacket Grouping - 383rd Fighter Squadron Japanese Replica with only minor changes occurringOriginal Items: One of a kind set. This is a wonderful A 2 flight jacket with flight helmet and oxygen mask which all belonged to Captain Bruce B. Wilson aka "JET WILSON" who flew a variety of fighter planes including a Lockheed P 38 Lightning and a North American Aviation P 51 Mustang during World War Two as a member of the 383rd Fighter Squadron, 364th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force. He had a least one confirmed aerial victory (kill) which occurred on