Original U.S. WWII 457th Bombardment Group Painted A-2 Flight Jacket Replica Non-Firing Pistols & Rifles feed system was operated through

feed system was operated through the horizontally pivoting pin / levers system by recoiling barrel group

Karwan is a Vietnam combat veteran and continued to serve for many more years

and measures approximately 38 inches

sighting posts some rust

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Original U.S. WWII 457th Bombardment Group Painted A-2 Flight Jacket Replica Non-Firing Pistols & Rifles feed system was operated throughOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is very nice A2 leather flight jacket issued to a member of the Mighty 8th Air Force, 457th Bombardment Group. Constituted as the 457th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 19 May 1943. Activated on 1 July 1943. Trained for combat with B 17's.[1] Moved to RAF Glatton England, JanuaryFebruary 1944, and assigned to Eighth Air Force. The group was assigned to the 94th Combat Bombardment Wing of the 1st Bombardment Division. Its