Original U.S. WWII 39th Fighter Squadron Distinguished Flying Cross Recipient Lt. William Mettler’s Patched A2 Flight Jacket & Crusher Cap - “Cobra in the Clouds” Snider Rifles & Bayonets Front-Seam Fixed Bale M1 Helmet

Front-Seam Fixed Bale M1 Helmet made by McCord Radiator

equipped with brass hardware and 22 inch

A great chance to pick up a nice honestly British-Issued P-1853 Rifled Musket

likely unrelated to this set as they are different sizes but were included with the set when we obtained them

while the other soldiers spent most of their time partying

Original U.S. WWII 39th Fighter Squadron Distinguished Flying Cross Recipient Lt. William Mettler’s Patched A2 Flight Jacket & Crusher Cap - “Cobra in the Clouds” Snider Rifles & Bayonets Front-Seam Fixed Bale M1 HelmetOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is the lovely A 2 Flight Jacket & crusher cap of Distinguished Flying Cross Recipient & Fighter Pilot Lieutenant William M Mettler Jr. of the 39th Fighter Squadron. Mettler flew 25 missions with the 39th in the Southwest Pacific. The 39th were equipped with long range Lockheed P 38 Lightnings and deployed to Fifth Air Force in Australia, June 1942 under the command of the 35th Fighter Group. Began combat operations