Original U.S. WWII 313th Fighter Squadron GNAZI GNIGHTMARE II Named A-2 Flight Jacket Madsen LMG During combat

During combat

powder and projectile were loaded from the muzzle

complete with extractors

The walnut stock retains most of its original checkering although now faint

STOSSGESCHÜTZT which indicates manufacture by Junghans

Original U.S. WWII 313th Fighter Squadron GNAZI GNIGHTMARE II Named A-2 Flight Jacket Madsen LMG During combatOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is an exceptional A2 leather flight jacket issued to a Lieutenant A. S. COAKUM who was a pilot in the 9th Air Force, 50th Fighter Group, 313th Fighter Squadron. We have not been able to find research on Coakum, but this fighter group did participate in the D Day invasion and the jacket credits the owner with a downed Focke Wulf Fw 190 on June 6th, 1944. During World War Two the 313th Fighter Squadron was established