Austin R Posted May 17, 2015 Share #1 Posted May 17, 2015 I picked this flight jacket up from the serviceman's estate auction in the middle of nowhere Pennsylvania. It belonged to John Kuzmick 13007362 who enlisted in the Air Corps in 1940. His terms of enlistment was for the Hawaiian Department and was assigned to the 45th Fighter Squadron. Unfortunately, the jacket is not named, but I took a photo of the bag with his name and unit on it. However, I did not get the bag. http://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf=F&sc=24994,24995,24996,24998,24997,24993,24981,24983&bc=,sl,fd&txt_24994=13007362&op_24994=0&nfo_24994=V,8,1900&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=665865 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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littlebuddy Posted May 17, 2015 Share #3 Posted May 17, 2015 sweet !!!! nice find !! LB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin R Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share #4 Posted May 17, 2015 sweet !!!! nice find !! LB Thanks, I've had it for months and was listing it for sale. I started to research him and the unit and put the pieces together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebuddy Posted May 17, 2015 Share #5 Posted May 17, 2015 For sale ???!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stony Posted May 18, 2015 Share #6 Posted May 18, 2015 This is an early D-1, probably manufactured in the late 30s. Nice find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Signor Posted May 18, 2015 Share #7 Posted May 18, 2015 45th Fighter Squadron emblem, they also had one that had the P-51 shape when they went from P-40's to Mustangs ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_lits Posted May 18, 2015 Share #8 Posted May 18, 2015 Excellent early D-1 with history to boot. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltz41 Posted May 21, 2015 Share #9 Posted May 21, 2015 Nice find! I have a special soft spot for anything 7th AF P-51 unit related, esp the 15th FG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon S Posted May 22, 2015 Share #10 Posted May 22, 2015 So nice to see one that isn't more rips and tears than solid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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