Original U.S. WWII Army Air Forces Type A2 Leather Flight Jacket by Willis & Geiger with Replaced Lining & Damage Original Machine Guns Ford photo #76 dated June

Ford photo #76 dated June 4

along with three other Privates of the same regiment

and some moth damage on the lower front left

indicating that it is a protected design

Original U.S. WWII Army Air Forces Type A2 Leather Flight Jacket by Willis & Geiger with Replaced Lining & Damage Original Machine Guns Ford photo #76 dated JuneThe Type A 2 leather flight jacket is a military flight jacket closely associated with World War II U. S. Army Air Forces pilots, navigators and bombardiers, who often decorated their jackets with squadron patches and elaborate artwork painted on the back. Sometimes casually referred to as a bomber jacket, its original designation was "Jacket, Pilot's (summer)", and its wartime usage was limited neither to pilots nor to bomber crews. The A 2 jacket