Original U.S. WWII 8th Air Force Painted B-3 style Sheepskin Jacket Category_Rear Sight Assembly will vary slightly

will vary slightly

being standardized for service in July 1943

All appear to be complete but expect to find some deterioration maybe even an odd dent

Ringler's paratroopers dropped from their aircraft

Original U.S. WWII 8th Air Force Painted B-3 style Sheepskin Jacket Category_Rear Sight Assembly will vary slightlyOriginal Item: One of a kind. Members of the 8th Air Force bomb crews during WWII generally preferred B 3 Sheepskin jackets over A 2 leather jackets due to their extreme warmth. With a loss of 3 degrees fahrenheit for every thousand feet of altitude, the WWII bomber crews flying at 30,000 feet in the middle of winter needed a seriously warm coat. The B 3 Bomber Jacket came through. First issued on May 8, 1931, for open cockpit altitude flying, the B 3