"MORE SILVER WINGS PINKS & GREENS" US AAF WW2 FLIGHT JACKET PATCH REFERENCE BOOK

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The uniforms, wings, and insignia worn by US Army pilots in WW1, the inter-war period, and WW2 have been of great interest to collectors for decades, leading Jon A. Maguire to write another authoritative reference book on the subject in 1996. This "MORE SILVER WINGS PINKS & GREENS" US AAF WW2 FLIGHT JACKET PATCH REFERENCE BOOK is in near mint, unread condition, with only some light scattered storage wear evident (most pictured). Otherwise, the book is in near mint shape, with no other damage. Most interestingly, it boasts an elegantly illustrated dust jacket over hardcovers, and sports 392 pages full of descriptive text, period pictures, and color photographs of Air Service WW1 tunics, breeches, boots, and "Dallas" wings, Air Corps 1930s airship, balloon, and instructor pilot wings, AAF WW2 bombardier, navigator, pilot, and aerial gunner wings, CBI theater made bush jackets, bullion, leather, silk, and hand embroidered patches, squadron badged flight jackets, Air Transport Command (ATC), Civil Aeronautics Authority (CAA), and Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) uniforms, wings, and insignia, accoutrements of "Yanks in the RAF", and many other great pieces of flying kit. A beautiful example of a "MORE SILVER WINGS PINKS & GREENS" US AAF WW2 FLIGHT JACKET PATCH REFERENCE BOOK. Now celebrating over 20 years on eBay. Bid with confidence and please view our other great military, aviation, and sporting classics, including a German WW2 MWC LUFTWAFFE PILOT B-UHR AUTOMATIC WRIST WATCH in MINT, unworn, new in the box condition, sporting a crisp 60 minute/12 hour (outer/inner) white numbers black dial, and featuring the classic big "onion" crown and sweeping seconds hand with hacking function.
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