Original U.S. WWII B-17 Flying Fortress 365th Bomb Squadron Named A-2 Flight Jacket Japanese Helmets captured Leipzig

captured Leipzig

A crash landing or ditching into the ocean would likely mean death if no one rescued them

This alpha-numeric designator does not commonly appear in wartime documentation

known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass and commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand

Modern technology have pushed these wonderful helmets into obscurity and they can now only act as reminders of the glorious past

Original U.S. WWII B-17 Flying Fortress 365th Bomb Squadron Named A-2 Flight Jacket Japanese Helmets captured LeipzigOriginal Item: One of a kind. The 365th Bomb Squadron, part of the 305th Bomb Group "Can Do" was established in June 1942 as a B 17 Flying Fortress heavy bombardment unit which trained under the Second Air Force. It deployed to the European Theater of Operations (ETO) in September 1942, being assigned to VIII Bomber Command in England. The squadron began flying long range strategic bombardment missions on 17 November 1942 and attacked such targets as