Original U.S. WWII Distinguished Flying Cross Recipient B-34 Pilot Lt. John “Jack” K. McDonald’s Painted A2 Flight Jacket - 50 Combat Missions, 762nd Bomb Squadron, 460th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force Category_MG 42 Ammo Storage however we believe this one

however we believe this one to more accurately date to the early 19th century as it has a single-piece cast hilt and a thinner blade

1909 in Arkansas

providing one of the first racially integrated social/fraternal organizations in America

Given that these were issued to the Chemical Institute

This was more than likely recovered from the battlefield and restored

Original U.S. WWII Distinguished Flying Cross Recipient B-34 Pilot Lt. John “Jack” K. McDonald’s Painted A2 Flight Jacket - 50 Combat Missions, 762nd Bomb Squadron, 460th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force Category_MG 42 Ammo Storage however we believe this oneOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is the outstanding combat worn & painted A 2 Flight Jacket of Distinguished Flying Cross Recipient & Pilot 1st Lieutenant John Jack Kenneth McDonald, 762nd Bombardment Squadron, 460th & 470th Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force, who flew a B 34 Lexington Heavy Bomber during 52 missions in Italy. He was also awarded the Air Medal with Three Oak Leaf Clusters. The jacket is painted to the front with a 50 Mission bomb