Original U.S. WWII Army Air Forces Type A2 Leather Flight Jacket by Willis & Geiger with Replaced Lining & Damage Category_MG 34 Barrel Jacket Assembly JACOB REED'S & SONS

JACOB REED'S & SONS

The scrap book also contains currency stamps

and there is a CROWN / K proof om the bottom of the pommel

which we assume was shortened from the original 24"

Major General “Iron Mike” O’Daniel

Original U.S. WWII Army Air Forces Type A2 Leather Flight Jacket by Willis & Geiger with Replaced Lining & Damage Category_MG 34 Barrel Jacket Assembly JACOB REED'S & SONSThe Type A 2 leather flight jacket is a military flight jacket closely associated with World War II U. S. Army Air Forces pilots, navigators and bombardiers, who often decorated their jackets with squadron patches and elaborate artwork painted on the back. Sometimes casually referred to as a bomber jacket, its original designation was "Jacket, Pilot's (summer)", and its wartime usage was limited neither to pilots nor to bomber crews. The A 2 jacket