Original U.S. WWII Spitfire Pilot 307th Fighter Squadron Named A2 Leather Flight Jacket MP 40 and in China the C96

and in China the C96 was nicknamed the "box cannon" (Chinese:

Polished breechblock marked SB

The A-11 was not so much a specific watch model but a production standard used by a number of watch companies (Elgin

Synchronizing the Schwarzlose for use in fighters turned out to be a difficult engineering challenge

This is a late 18th century double barreled shotgun that was originally Flintlock and later converted to percussion on the mid 19th century

Original U.S. WWII Spitfire Pilot 307th Fighter Squadron Named A2 Leather Flight Jacket MP 40 and in China the C96Original Item: One of a kind. This is an nice A2 leather flight jacket issued to Wilbur C. Dodd, who was a pilot in the 307th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group, 12th Air Force. He flew a Spitfire and was stationed in England in 1942 later moving to Sicily in 1943. From pilot 307th Ron Brown's diary: "Ran into about 100 Fw's and Me's on the morning mission. Probably got one and a damaged. Others claimed damage on the enemy. Graham was shot up and