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WWII USAAF A-2 Flying Jacket 449th Bomb Group

Currency:USD Category:Antiques Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 1,500.00 USD
WWII USAAF A-2 Flying Jacket 449th Bomb Group
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719th Bomb Squadron, 449th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force, 2nd Lt. Albert A. Levingston. 1943. Tag reads: "TYPE A-2, DRAWING No. 30-1415, A.C. No. A33-038 AC-1761, PROPERTY AIR FORCE U.S. ARMY, BRONCHO MFG., NEW YORK, N.Y.". Size: 38. "ARMY AIR FORCES" and winged star stamped on upper lining, the number "11300317" is stenciled beneath the winged star on the lining. The name "ROBERT A. VIAU" is stenciled on the bottom of the lining. On right shoulder is an Italian-made incised red, white and blue American 48 star flag. The right breast has a rare early Italian-made incised "XV" for the 15th Air Force Patch with "A. A. LEVINGSTON" incised around the bottom of the shied and "NEW HAMPSHIRE" incised along the top. Left breast has an Italian-made incised gaggle patch with Mt. Vesuvius for the 719th Bomb Squadron joined with the incised shied of Pegasus with an aerial bomb behind for the 449th Bomb Group "Flying Horsemen", the entire patch is surrounded by 35 incised aerial bombs for missions flown my 2nd Lt. Albert A. Levingston. The left shoulder patch is a Italian-made incised patch for the 15th Air Force showing a winged star with "15" above it. 2nd Lt. Levingtson was a navigator in a B-24J aircraft. The unit received 2 DUC citations for combat in Bucharest, Romania on April 4, 1944 and again in Ploesti, Romania on July 9, 1944.