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This jacket was made in Australia, probably of goat skin, and has the 41st Fighter Squadron patch, of the 35th Fighter Group. They operated in the southwest Pacific, from early 1942 until the end of the war. Participated in many battles in driving the Japanese forces back towards Japan.

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Image Size: 6426x6466 / 9.4MB; www.aerographs.com; 35th Pursuit Group 41st Fighter Squadron A-2 jackets Chantilly Dr. Alex Spencer Leaf Credo 60 Made in Australia Pacific Theatre Smithsonian Air & Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center Virginia WWII Washington D.C. bomber jackets book goatskin history leather office preservation relined torn
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This jacket was made in Australia, probably of goat skin, and has the 41st Fighter Squadron patch, of the 35th Fighter Group. They operated in the southwest Pacific, from early 1942 until the end of the war. Participated in many battles in driving the Japanese forces back towards Japan.