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This type A-2 flight jacket belonged to Roger Howell, a crew member attached to the 571st squadron. Prior to being transferred to the 571st Squadron of the 390th Bomb Group, Howell served in a squadron that flew the B-26 medium bomber. The insignia on the front of his jacket, a duck holding a bomb, was the insignia for his B-26 squadron.

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This type A-2 flight jacket belonged to Roger Howell, a crew member attached to the 571st squadron. Prior to being transferred to the 571st Squadron of the 390th Bomb Group, Howell served in a squadron that flew the B-26 medium bomber. The insignia on the front of his jacket, a duck holding a bomb, was the insignia for his B-26 squadron.