Original U.S. WWII Wool Class A Uniform Coat with Axis Prisoner of War PW Stenciled - Size 36R Francotte-Martini Rifles & Parts some liaison pilots flew forest

some liaison pilots flew forest patrols (Project Firefly) watching for fires ignited by incendiary bombs carried across the Pacific beneath unmanned Japanese high altitude balloons

Some German clown took an exceptionally rare early MAUSER M-1871 Saw Back Pioneer Bayonet and scabbard

We called them C-One-Oh-Booms because of their tendency to go BOOM in flight

and the cotton covered oil cloth sweatband base layer has some damage

Overall Length: 54

Original U.S. WWII Wool Class A Uniform Coat with Axis Prisoner of War PW Stenciled - Size 36R Francotte-Martini Rifles & Parts some liaison pilots flew forestOriginal Item: One of a Kind. WWII Military Issue Class A Winter Jacket, as issued to American troops during the war. This jacket was reissued to an Axis Prisoner of War, most likely on the American Homefront. As World War II raged on the other side of the globe, Allies, such as Great Britain, were running short of prison space to house POWs. From 1942 through 1945, more than 400,000 Axis prisoners were shipped to the United States and detained in