Original U.S. WWII B-17 Idiots Delight Painted Type D-1 Sheepskin Jacket Breda M-37 org/wiki/Ferguson_rifle

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FROLIC and no doubt took this English Telescope

cloth BEVO HJ cap insignia to the front and an original oilcloth RZM label inside with maker 154 stamp

The cloth chin straps are also present and they still remain tied together

Original U.S. WWII B-17 Idiots Delight Painted Type D-1 Sheepskin Jacket Breda M-37 org/wiki/Ferguson_rifleOriginal Item: One of a kind. Members of the 8th Air Force bomb crews during WWII generally preferred Sheepskin jackets over A 2 leather jackets due to their extreme warmth. With a loss of 3 degrees Fahrenheit for every thousand feet of altitude, the WWII bomber crews flying at 30,000 feet in the middle of winter needed a seriously warm coat. The D 1 Jacket came through. The D 1 is a simple middleweight sheepskin jacket with two zip pockets,