Original U.S. WWII Army Air Force M1 Armor Flyer Flak Vest Uniforms but does show age

but does show age

never worn unissued with minimal age toning and a couple of small moth nips to the field-grey wool base

Museum quality ethnographic piece

During that same timeframe

where it was fitted with a rifled barrel of 41 inches long

Original U.S. WWII Army Air Force M1 Armor Flyer Flak Vest Uniforms but does show ageOriginal 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