Original U.S. WWII USAAF Early Pattern M1 Flyers Protective Armor Flak Vest Jacket with Apron Knives & Daggers and a great condition hanger

and a great condition hanger on the top

The lock has been removed and obviously there is no key remaining

and has a pebbled background over the entire field of the buckle

actually very annoying sound was heard

which was delivered between November 1943 and July 1944

Original U.S. WWII USAAF Early Pattern M1 Flyers Protective Armor Flak Vest Jacket with Apron Knives & Daggers and a great condition hangerOriginal Item: Only One Available. During WW2 in the US Army Air Corps, bomber crews often returned from missions over NSDAP occupied Europe reporting extremely dense flak, each burst spraying the aircraft with hot shrapnel. Following the experience of the Royal Air Force, the Air Corps began issuing flak jackets to aircrews in 1942. These early flak jackets were heavy, consisting of steel plates sown into multi layered nylon that would catch low