Original U.S. WWII B-17 Dottie Jane 708th Bomb Squadron Named A-2 Flight Jacket with Research Binder and Journal Entries Miscellaneous Gun Parts The steel dagger blade still

The steel dagger blade still has all of the original blued finish

and is marked with the "Liberty Cap" with rays of sun logo over RM (República Mexicana) marking on the blade's ricasso

Spare Fusee Spring

715th Bomb Squadron

1945 I received leave and after that was sent to San Antonio

Original U.S. WWII B-17 Dottie Jane 708th Bomb Squadron Named A-2 Flight Jacket with Research Binder and Journal Entries Miscellaneous Gun Parts The steel dagger blade stillOriginal Item: One of a kind. Staff Sergeant Louis J. Torretta ASN 37416671 was a tail gunner aboard the B 17 42 31227 "Dottie Jane" which was assigned to the 708th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force. His personal mission journal was digitized and can be found at this link. In addition to the jacket we include a comprehensive research binder consisting of photo copies and digital print of newspaper articles, research and photos of Dottie