Original U.S. WWII B-17 Flying Fortress 365th Bomb Squadron Named A-2 Flight Jacket Japanese Helmets to the next ridge (Sims

to the next ridge (Sims Ridge) 200 yards away

A crash landing or ditching into the ocean would likely mean death if no one rescued them

Modern technology have pushed these wonderful helmets into obscurity and they can now only act as reminders of the glorious past

in attack planes (mostly the PV-2 Harpoon

This alpha-numeric designator does not commonly appear in wartime documentation

Original U.S. WWII B-17 Flying Fortress 365th Bomb Squadron Named A-2 Flight Jacket Japanese Helmets to the next ridge (SimsOriginal Item: One of a kind. The 365th Bomb Squadron, part of the 305th Bomb Group "Can Do" was established in June 1942 as a B 17 Flying Fortress heavy bombardment unit which trained under the Second Air Force. It deployed to the European Theater of Operations (ETO) in September 1942, being assigned to VIII Bomber Command in England. The squadron began flying long range strategic bombardment missions on 17 November 1942 and attacked such targets as