Original U.S. WWII Sheepskin Flight Jacket of the USN Fighting Squadron VF-20 Jokers (Size 42) MP 44 and also on the Shandong

and also on the Shandong Peninsula

Traditionally not issued with scabbards these Cutlasses were stored in racks on board ship for easy access in case of military action

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the leather backing is now absent

The aircraft left Sioux City on 9 April 1943 for Bangor

Original U.S. WWII Sheepskin Flight Jacket of the USN Fighting Squadron VF-20 Jokers (Size 42) MP 44 and also on the ShandongOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a sheepskin pilots jacket (similar in style to a B3 or D1 jacket but private purchase) belonging to a pilots of the Fighting 20. VF 20 'Fighting 20' was a aircraft carrier squadron that served in the pacific theatre during WW2. The amazing original squadron patch is a skull with a small skeleton in the middle holding paddles to bring in landing fighters. The motto of the squadron was 'Trip Or Die', referring