Original WWII U.S. Army Air Force B-2 Style Winter Flying Cap with Bullion Embroidered Insignia Antique Smith & Wessons and this resulted in the

and this resulted in the markings being removed

making this a very early cap as it does not use the classic EREL ventilated cockade

The cap is marked on the underside of the sweatband with CAP SERVICE TROPICAL WORSTED KHAKI OFFICERS

On the cuffs are large hand-embroidered silver silver wire Litzen

the conventional wisdom in the Army was that the bayonet was largely unnecessary and that soldiers should be individually-equipped to rapidly entrench without the need to bring entrenching tools forward by wagon

Original WWII U.S. Army Air Force B-2 Style Winter Flying Cap with Bullion Embroidered Insignia Antique Smith & Wessons and this resulted in theOriginal Item: One Only: During WWII, the US Army Air Force utilized two standardized flying caps for their pilots and air crew, the B 1 summer flying cap and the B 2 winter flying cap. The USAAF B 2 winter flying cap proved to be very popular in WW2 with American airmen and can be seen on many original USAAF pictures of aircrew. It continues to be a popular style of cap worn to this day. Officially called the "Cap, Flying, Winter, Type B 2" it was