Original U.S. WWII B-17 Flying Fortress 365th Bomb Squadron Named A-2 Flight Jacket Japanese Helmets A crash landing or ditching

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

Overall an excellent addition to any WWII collection

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

There is also a very nice temple stamp

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

Original U.S. WWII B-17 Flying Fortress 365th Bomb Squadron Named A-2 Flight Jacket Japanese Helmets A crash landing or ditchingOriginal 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