Original U.S. WWII B-17 “Mission Belle” S/Sgt Louis Francis Napoli’s Painted A-2 Flight Jacket with Painted Squadron Patch & British-Made Whistle - 30 Combat Missions - 338th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group French Pistols This later version used easily

This later version used easily removable shoulder straps

or a Medaille fur den Italienisch-Deutschen Feldzug in Afrika

ready for further research

no doubt being his father's gun acquired for self protection before going on Foreign Service since the pistol is much older than Baynton himself

Comes complete in its almost perfect steel mounted black leather scabbard

Original U.S. WWII B-17 “Mission Belle” S/Sgt Louis Francis Napoli’s Painted A-2 Flight Jacket with Painted Squadron Patch & British-Made Whistle - 30 Combat Missions - 338th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group French Pistols This later version used easilyOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is the outstanding A 2 Flight Jacket of Staff Sergeant Technical Sergeant Louis Francis Napoli (ASN 33193665), 338th Bombardment Squadron, 96th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force, who were based at the RAF Snetterton Heath in Norfolk (aka Station 138) in South West England. Napoli served as a crew member aboard the B 17 Mission Belle for 10 months, between August 1944 to May 1945. During his time aboard the B 17