Original U.S. WWII Named Pilot 96th Bomb Squadron A-2 Flight Jacket Russian Ordnance Recovered in Kathmandu

Recovered in Kathmandu

Serial number 212888B denotes year of manufacture as 1886

In 1924 SEMAG failed

tried to lift the stretcher with one hand

Missing steel ramrod and belt hook at sometime removed

Original U.S. WWII Named Pilot 96th Bomb Squadron A-2 Flight Jacket Russian Ordnance Recovered in KathmanduOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is an wonderful A2 leather flight jacket issued to Captain Richard P. Long who was a B 17 Flying Fortress bomber pilot in the 2nd Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Squadron, 15th Air Force during WWII. His plane was 42 29619 B17F named Road Hog. Captain long flew as a pilot on numerous missions during 1943 and 1944 including the first wave lead plane on Mission 150 on 24 Feb 1944 to Steyr, Austria. This mission was well know