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WWII USAAF A-2 Flying Jacket 491st Bomb Squadron

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WWII USAAF A-2 Flying Jacket 491st Bomb Squadron
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491st Bomb Squadron, 341st Bomb Group, CBI, Staff Sgt. Walter U. Stachler. 1943. Leather name tag on left pocket with "W. STACHLER" and Chinese chops stamped on the tag, the name is above 491st Bomb Squadron Patch. Tag reads: "TYPE A-2, DRAWING NO. 30-1415, A.C. ORDER NO. 1756, PROPERTY AIR FORCE U.S. ARMY". Size: 36. On lining is stenciled a black square and inside the square is stenciled "A P 3". Printed in black ink on the lining is "S-0617". Right breast has the 341st Bomb Group patch painted on leather of a tiger head and eagle within a "V". On left breast is Stachler's name tag with Chinese chops and a painted, circular patch of a horseshoe around a stake with horizontal speed marks for the "491st Ringer Bomb Squadron". Right shoulder has locally-made leather on leather full color CBE patch. No rank present. Inside lining on the left is a U.S. Flag 5-language Blood Chit. On the right side is a Chinese Flag Blood Chit with Chinese chops. No ship's name present but was undoubtedly a B-25H. Staff Sgt. Walter U. Stachler was an armorer-gunner on the top turret of a B-25 H of the 491st Bomb Squadron.