Original U.S. WWII B-25 Bomber Trouble Bruin A-2 Flight Jacket - 488th Bomb Squadron Flintlock Muskets and Rifles and its trademarks

and its trademarks

Please reference “Small Arms of the East India Company 1600-1856 Volume 2” by David Harding

These are steel belts carriers which attach to the feed tray assemblies of the MG 34 or MG 42

The Kurikata (scabbard knob) is in excellent condition

Original U.S. WWII B-25 Bomber Trouble Bruin A-2 Flight Jacket - 488th Bomb Squadron Flintlock Muskets and Rifles and its trademarksOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is an exceptional A2 leather flight jacket issued to a member of the 12th Air Force, 340th Bombardment Group, 488th Bomb Squadron. The 488th Bomb Squadron was established as a B 25 Mitchell medium bomber squadron in mid 1942, trained by Third Air Force in the southeastern United States. Deployed to IX Bomber Command in Egypt initially in March 1943 via Air Transport Command South Atlantic Route through Caribbean,