Original U.S. WWII P-51 Mustang Pilot 351st Fighter Squadron Hand Painted A-2 Flight Jacket Helmets his sister

his sister

meaning it was military issue (not civilian) and is clearly stamped on the reverse:

From their base with Fleet Air Wing 15 at Port Lyautey

Service of flamethrowers requires: experience

was killed and buried in Trafalgar Cemetery in Gibraltar

Original U.S. WWII P-51 Mustang Pilot 351st Fighter Squadron Hand Painted A-2 Flight Jacket Helmets his sisterOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is an fantastic A2 leather flight jacket issued to a pilot of a P 51 Mustang in the 351st Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group, 8th Air Force during WWII. The group flew P 47 Thunderbolts, and from October 1944, P 51 Mustangs, as escorts for bombing missions across occupied Europe and to strafe targets on the ground. Tactical missions included strafing and dive bombing targets during the Allied invasion of Normandy