Original U.S. WWII Distinguished Flying Cross Recipient B-34 Pilot Lt. John “Jack” K. McDonald’s Painted A2 Flight Jacket - 50 Combat Missions, 762nd Bomb Squadron, 460th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force Garand & U.S. Rifles They could hear a German

They could hear a German machine gun firing in their area

small portions of the outer envelope

This lovely jacket appears to be of early 19th Century manufacture

66i5 / BR8 marked on the bottom

The 790th Bombardment Squadron is a former United States Army Air Forces unit

Original U.S. WWII Distinguished Flying Cross Recipient B-34 Pilot Lt. John “Jack” K. McDonald’s Painted A2 Flight Jacket - 50 Combat Missions, 762nd Bomb Squadron, 460th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force Garand & U.S. Rifles They could hear a GermanOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is the outstanding combat worn & painted A 2 Flight Jacket of Distinguished Flying Cross Recipient & Pilot 1st Lieutenant John Jack Kenneth McDonald, 762nd Bombardment Squadron, 460th & 470th Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force, who flew a B 34 Lexington Heavy Bomber during 52 missions in Italy. He was also awarded the Air Medal with Three Oak Leaf Clusters. The jacket is painted to the front with a 50 Mission bomb