Original U.S. WWII Named Pilot 96th Bomb Squadron A-2 Flight Jacket Military Flare Guns These helmets are 1950/60s era

These helmets are 1950/60s era French made Type 403M3 flight helmets also by Gentex their subsidiary

holes and correct WWII pattern steel hooks (steel Fittings)

This indicates manufacture by Waffenwerke Brünn AG

This example will is worthy of any WWII collection

Original U.S. WWII Named Pilot 96th Bomb Squadron A-2 Flight Jacket Military Flare Guns These helmets are 1950/60s eraOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is an wonderful A2 leather flight jacket issued to Captain Richard P. Long who was a B 17 Flying Fortress bomber pilot in the 2nd Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Squadron, 15th Air Force during WWII. His plane was 42 29619 B17F named Road Hog. Captain long flew as a pilot on numerous missions during 1943 and 1944 including the first wave lead plane on Mission 150 on 24 Feb 1944 to Steyr, Austria. This mission was well know