Original U.S. WWII B-17 Touch the Button Nell 535th Bomb Squadron A-2 Flight Jacket Brown Bess The center of the lid

The center of the lid is engraved with an aviator insignia

After WWII in Germany the modern US Army long-range reconnaissance patrol concept was created in 1956 by the 11th Airborne Division in Augsburg

This is the U

5" long whereas a standard Brown Bess lock plate is only 7" in length

Original U.S. WWII B-17 Touch the Button Nell 535th Bomb Squadron A-2 Flight Jacket Brown Bess The center of the lidOriginal Item: One of a kind. This jacket was featured on page 131 of the wonderful book AMERICAN FLIGHT JACKETS by Jon A. Maguire and John P. Conway considered by many to be the bible of flight jacket collecting. A full color printed gloss paper copy of page 131 is included with the purchase of this jacket. Wallace D. Beckman was an air gunner with the 535th Bomb Squadron, 381st Bombardment Group of the 8th Air Force in the E. T. O. during WWII. His