Original U.S. WWII Flying Eight Balls 44th Bomb Group Officer A-2 Flight Jacket Multi Nation Flags These display guns were made

These display guns were made from parts sets that saw many years of service

The crossguard retains much silvering and has a fine patination

The Officer's Cross was a pinback cross worn on the lower left chest

The swamped muzzle it 9" across with a bore size of 3

Original U.S. WWII Flying Eight Balls 44th Bomb Group Officer A-2 Flight Jacket Multi Nation Flags These display guns were madeOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is an wonderful A2 leather flight jacket issued to lieutenant in the 44th Bomb Group known as the Flying Eight Balls and each B 24 Liberator it flew was decorated with a winged bomb cartoon of an 8 Ball (pool ball) over which were superimposed eyes and the nose of a bomb in the squadron color. The 44th BG is among the most famous of all WWII Bombardment groups and is notable for the following achievements: First 8th