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 This lovely jacket appears to

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

They could hear a German machine gun firing in their area

Wohler of Kassel

66i5 / BR8 marked on the bottom

There are nine letters in total with one envelope

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 This lovely jacket appears toOriginal 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