Original U.S. WWII 313th Fighter Squadron GNAZI GNIGHTMARE II Named A-2 Flight Jacket British Flags In the gale that followed

In the gale that followed a few days later the Donegal and Phoebe assisted two of the prizes

We thought the plane was going down but the bombardier cut the chute loose and all was well

It has a classic bannister rail butt stock

the 1st and 3rd Battalions of the 76th Artillery Regiment

the Stuka had been largely replaced by ground-attack versions of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190

Original U.S. WWII 313th Fighter Squadron GNAZI GNIGHTMARE II Named A-2 Flight Jacket British Flags In the gale that followedOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is an exceptional A2 leather flight jacket issued to a Lieutenant A. S. COAKUM who was a pilot in the 9th Air Force, 50th Fighter Group, 313th Fighter Squadron. We have not been able to find research on Coakum, but this fighter group did participate in the D Day invasion and the jacket credits the owner with a downed Focke Wulf Fw 190 on June 6th, 1944. During World War Two the 313th Fighter Squadron was established