Original U.S. WWII Army Air Forces Unissued “M1 Flyer’s Flak Vest” - Front and Back Pieces Iraq with headquarters at Guildford

with headquarters at Guildford

Gordon" (CHARLES GEORGE GORDON) the famous British General killed at Khartoum in 1884

96 indicating October 1896

there are no markings visible on it

Original U.S. WWII Army Air Forces Unissued “M1 Flyer’s Flak Vest” - Front and Back Pieces Iraq with headquarters at GuildfordOriginal 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 sewn into multi layered nylon that would catch low