Original U.S. WWII B-17 “Speedball” Sole Survivor & Prisoner of War Co-Pilot Lt. Kenneth L. Vaughn Patched A2 Flight Jacket - 511th Bomb Squadron Category_Receiver Top Cover The amphibious assault

The amphibious assault

neck guard apron is batch number stamped 3815

The pommel is Waffenamt marked and he blade ricasso is also marked with German three letter code 44 asw indicating 1944 manufacture by the well-known maker E

Condition is as shown

The other has a small Panzer "Danziger" style Totenkopf skull from a collar tab

Original U.S. WWII B-17 “Speedball” Sole Survivor & Prisoner of War Co-Pilot Lt. Kenneth L. Vaughn Patched A2 Flight Jacket - 511th Bomb Squadron Category_Receiver Top Cover The amphibious assaultOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is the patched A 2 Flight Jacket of Prisoner of War & Co Pilot Lieutenant Kenneth L. Vaughn, 511th Bombardment Squadron, 351st Bombardment Group, who served aboard the B 17 Speedball during his 8th overall mission when the aircraft was shot down, forced to make a crash landing at Bordeaux, France on December 31st, 1943. According to a newspaper clipping in the pocket, Vaughn was the only one of his crew to survive