Thanks Taylor! Who manufactured yours? I'm interested in who else made them / what to look out for in future collecting. 

Hey all,   I need some advice and expertise with what appears to be a beautiful WW2 CBI bomber jacket.   I found this at an antique shop and I liked it BUT I was hesitant to buy it. My question is, is it real, or kind of a fantasy hybrid jacket?   it appears to be WW2 era. There is no tags. There is a blood chit on the back, photo sewn inside, along with CBI patches. It’s also named to Albert R Powell on the front but can’t find anything about this man. And then it gets weirder… theres a paper inside for a resume to a WW2 signal corps vet (probably from 60s) who served in the CBI Burma theater, his name Arthur R James. The hells angels patch is almost to good to be true as well. And there’s some Chinese currency bills in another pocket. The China Pilot wings are fake.  When I do an image search this exact jacket comes up on google (but when you click the link it’s a totally different website with no jacket anywhere). It may have been for sale at another store at some point.The CBI collar pin is authentic. Some of the other Insignia is post war. I’ve posted some pics of it, sorry they’re not great I only took video and then screenshots stills of it.   so he’s asking 3k, but would come down to 2,500. For an authentic CBI bomber jacket, seems like a decent deal but theres just something about it that scares me. Maybe someone pieced it together over the years with real and fake items? Or maybe it’s totally a repro as I know some of these bomber style jackets are VERY WW2 period looking. Let me know!! Thanks

Fabulous and seldom seen  

Old question (we miss you Dave)... Was there an orange background AAF HQ patch after the 'pinwheel' design?  I believe it's an original blue felt, not orange, circa 1941/1942.     

@Steve D. Really amazing collection never seen anything quite like this! I am a young collector of WWII womens memorabilia and uniforms. If you are ever looking to sell any of that would you please let me know.   Thanks, Ella

Sorry, but I don't think your bracelet is for the Doolittle raider. Thomas C Griffin is not an uncommon name. Heres a screen capture from a Doolittle website. Please note the different serial number.

I just ran across this small lot of odd 70th Division patches. I don't have them in hand yet, so these are the inly pics I have. Any idea what the heck these are?

Outstanding John,   Old dog learnt a new trick today, it can happen...   Mahalo brah  

Here's an interesting one.   Per the veteran's grandson:    

That there is the Distinctive Insignia for the 15th Infantry Regiment.  Most are familiar with the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment of "Ole' China Hands" that fell under the Philippine Departments jurisdiction but most forget the the 2nd and 3rd Battalion was in the Philippines and was under the structure of the Philippine Division and that distinction can be readily identified by the divisions Shoulder Insignia as we see here in these studio photographs.  Simply outstanding pixs of the little know part of the Can Do Clan!!!   Aloha,   John