Original U.S. WWII B-17 Dottie Jane 708th Bomb Squadron Named A-2 Flight Jacket with Research Binder and Journal Entries Brown Bess Here is a heavy octagonal

Here is a heavy octagonal barreled Rifled "Kentucky" style rifle

Texas and New Mexico

This helmet comes complete with canvas chinstrap and dates from perhaps 1942

Purpose built military issue water cans are much harder to find on the market than the commercially made petrol cans which were used in the early war years

Original U.S. WWII B-17 Dottie Jane 708th Bomb Squadron Named A-2 Flight Jacket with Research Binder and Journal Entries Brown Bess Here is a heavy octagonalOriginal Item: One of a kind. Staff Sergeant Louis J. Torretta ASN 37416671 was a tail gunner aboard the B 17 42 31227 "Dottie Jane" which was assigned to the 708th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force. His personal mission journal was digitized and can be found at this link. In addition to the jacket we include a comprehensive research binder consisting of photo copies and digital print of newspaper articles, research and photos of Dottie