Original U.S. WWII Army Air Forces M1 Armor Flyer Flak Vest - Back & Front Pieces Manufacture Type_Original Items at that point known as

at that point known as the "The King's Regiment of Dragoons

and the only marking still visible now is a very faint size 57 marking on the crown

and is a standard SUGU (straight) design

-- before you -- when you got out

Original U.S. WWII Army Air Forces M1 Armor Flyer Flak Vest - Back & Front Pieces Manufacture Type_Original Items at that point known asOriginal Item: Only One Available. During WW2 in the US Army Air Corps, bomber crews often returned from missions over NSDAP occupied Europe reporting extremely dense flak, each burst spraying the aircraft with hot shrapnel. Following the experience of the Royal Air Force, the Air Corps began issuing flak jackets to aircrews in 1942. These early flak jackets were heavy, consisting of steel plates sown into multi layered nylon that would catch low