Original U.S. WWII P-47 Thunderbolt Pilot 511th Fighter Squadron Named Hand Painted A-2 Flight Jacket Napoleonic The SS Totenkopf was overrun

The SS Totenkopf was overrun

Top data plate reads:

F  Overall condition is good

and Philo purchased his share in the company

At the time of of discharge he was in non-commissioned officer school and was given a corporal stripe even though his discharge says private

Original U.S. WWII P-47 Thunderbolt Pilot 511th Fighter Squadron Named Hand Painted A-2 Flight Jacket Napoleonic The SS Totenkopf was overrunOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is a fantastic A2 leather flight jacket issued to CAPTAIN D. STEVENS who was a pilot of a P 47 Thunderbolt in the 511th Fighter Squadron, 405th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force during WWII. The 405th Fighter Group was a fighter bomber unit of the United States Army Air Force in World War II. They group flew P 47 Thunderbolts in the European Theater of Operations (ETO) starting with the buildup to the Invasion of Normandy