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This is a type A-2 flight jacket. This flight jacket would have been worn by a member of the 390th Bomb Group. This particular jacket does not have any art work on the back, squadron insignia on the front, or name plate to identify whose jacket it was, what squadron they were attached to, or which aircraft they flew. The letters "SG" are painted in blue and yellow on the front of the jacket but are heavily faded.

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Filename: Slemp_180316_19698.jpg
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Image Size: 5764x7052 / 9.2MB; "5 Grand" 390th Bomb Group 486th Bomb Group 8th Air Force A-2 flight jacket B-17 John B. MacBride Mariel Watt Perry Sportswear WWII aviation bomber jackets book project history leather jacket military museum no artwork verso service waist gunner
Contained in galleries: 8th Air Force

This is a type A-2 flight jacket. This flight jacket would have been worn by a member of the 390th Bomb Group. This particular jacket does not have any art work on the back, squadron insignia on the front, or name plate to identify whose jacket it was, what squadron they were attached to, or which aircraft they flew. The letters "SG" are painted in blue and yellow on the front of the jacket but are heavily faded.