Original U.S. WWII B-17 The Character 339th Bomb Squadron Painted A-2 Flight Jacket Conflict exactly as described by Lieber

exactly as described by Lieber and Shafer

This new block was made wider to eliminate play in the action when opened and closed

Sadly the left panel

introduced in 1943 as an anti tank weapon

Original U.S. WWII B-17 The Character 339th Bomb Squadron Painted A-2 Flight Jacket Conflict exactly as described by LieberOriginal Item: One of a kind. The Boeing B 17 Flying Fortress 42 40016 aka "The Character" was delivered to Long Beach, CA 3 11 43; Kearney, NJ 14 11 43 then assigned to the 8th Air Force, 96th Bombardment Group, 339th Bomb Squadron which was stationed at Snetterton, England on 30 11 43. During the war the Bombardier: Douglas Leeper (KIA by 20mm shell, pilot was Chris Wunnerberg who landed back at RAF Woodbridge, Sfk) on 10 2 44. The plane went