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  • "Dona" Jacket

    Lt. Donald Leedham, a B-17 pilot with the 8th Air Force, recorded 30 missions on his A-2 jacket before the war's end.The jacket was donated by Mrs. Patricia J. Leedham, Homosassa, Fla.Click here to return to the WWII Aviator Jackets Overview.  Find Out More

  • 312th Bomb Group Jacket

    This B-10 flight jacket is unusual since it illustrates the B-32 "very heavy" bomber. The 386th Bomb Squadron of the 312th Bomb Group was the only operational combat unit equipped with B-32 Dominators, flying combat missions in the final weeks of the war against Japan. Engineer-gunner Sgt. John S.

  • "Taffy" Jacket

    The donor of this jacket was a sergeant pilot before receiving his commission. He flew 10 missions as a B-24 pilot and then was reassigned to P-38 fighters and flew 50 more missions from North Africa and Italy. He nicknamed his P-38 "Taffy" for his wife while assigned to the 97th Fighter Squadron.

  • "Ice-Cold Katy" Jacket

    "Ice-Cold Katy" was a B-17 with the 447th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force. Lt. Donald B. Rubin, to whom this jacket was issued, was killed in action in October 1944 while serving as a lead navigator. He flew 30 missions, which are represented by the bombs painted on the back. The insigne on the front (not

  • "Julie Mae" Jacket

    This jacket, presumably that of the pilot of the B-17G "Julie Mae," lists 30 missions that he flew against targets in Germany. The unit patch (not shown) is of the 527th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group.The jacket was donated by Mr. Elwin Hollandsworth, and the uniform was donated by Mr. Kurt

  • Mareeba Butchers

    This B-40 flight jacket was painted in 1945 by a squadron artist for the donor, a B-24 pilot with the 403rd Bomb Squadron, 43rd Bomb Group. The squadron had been based at Mareeba, Australia, in early 1943 and the nickname was given to the unit by radio propagandist "Tokyo Rose," who claimed that

  • "Tempest Turner" Jacket

    "Tempest Turner," an 18th Bomb Squadron B-17, was named for movie actress Lana Turner. The donor, pilot of the aircraft, painted this B-15 jacket at war's end with the emblem of the 34th Bomb Group and counters to indicate 19 bombing missions. The "grocery sacks" show six missions making food drops

  • "The Flyin' Moose" Jacket

    "The Flyin' Moose" was a B-24J assigned to the 409th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group, based at Hardwick, England. The pilot, Lt. Howard F. Bolton, named the aircraft for his father, "The Moose," and decorated his A-2 jacket with the bomb-carrying panda squadron insigne, bomb symbols for 35 missions

  • "Thumper" Jacket

    "Thumper" was a 9th Air Force B-26 Marauder with the 587th Bomb Squadron, 394th Bomb Group, based in England and then in western Europe. Eventually, three of the unit's B-26's carried the nickname, for it was transferred to subsequent aircraft as the previous "Thumper" was lost. The numbers after

  • "Times A'wastin'" Jacket

    The donor, a B-17 pilot with the 91st Bomb Group, paid about $4 each to have "Times A-wastin'" and the 401st Bomb Squadron insigne, featuring Hairless Joe and Lonesome Polecat from the Lil' Abner comic strip, painted on this jacket. The bombs represent 35 missions over France. The artist was Sgt.