Original U.S. WWII Army Air Forces Unissued “M1 Flyer’s Flak Vest” - Front and Back Pieces Browning LMG This went through several revisions

This went through several revisions until the 1913 Enfield was developed and put into trials

from left to right: "祝漢口隕落紀念" ("[For] Remembering the Celebration of (or "the Congratulations on") the Fall of Hankou (Kankou)"

a powerful lightweight weapon was needed to defend infantry and light armor units

from what we can see

and is almost complete

Original U.S. WWII Army Air Forces Unissued “M1 Flyer’s Flak Vest” - Front and Back Pieces Browning LMG This went through several revisionsOriginal 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