WWII U.S A-2 LEATHER BOMBER JACKET PERSONALIZED & TAILORED

THIS LISTING IS FOR A BEAUTIFUL RARE 1944-1945 WWII PRIVATE PURCHASE & CUSTOM TAILORED A-2 U.S. BOMBERS JACKET ( FOR USE OFF BASE ASWELL AS POST-WAR ) PERSONALIZED WITH BOMBERS LAST NAME ON THE FRONT LEFT BREAST ( CUNNINGHAM ) & HAND PAINTED ORIGINAL ARTWORK ON THE BACK OF THE NAME “SHIRLEY JEAN” WITH A WOMAN IN HER UNDER GARMENTS FLYING UPWARDS TO THE LEFT (WHICH REPRESENTS THE NAME & MASCOT OF THE BOMBER AIRPLANE THAT THE LIEUTENANT SERVED ON) WITH 30 YELLOW BOMBS FACING DOWNWARDS, WHICH REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF BOMBING MISSIONS THE LIEUTENANT WAS ON DURING HIS TIME IN THE WAR, WHICH WAS A COMMON QUOTA DURING THE LATTER PART OF THE WAR BEFORE BEING DISCHARGED OR DETAILED TO A DIFFERENT POST. DURING HIS TIME WITH THE SHIRLEY JEAN LIEUTENANT EUGENE FRANCIS CUNNINGHAM Jr. WAS IN THE 91st BOMB GROUP (H) WHERE HE SERVED HIS 30 MISSIONS OUT OF BASSINGBOURN, ENGLAND SOMETIME BETWEEN AUGUST 1943 - MARCH 8th 1945 WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 8 WEEKS BEFORE THE LIEUTENANTS BOMB GROUPS LAST MISSION HOWEVER I BELIEVE HIS LAST MISSION WAS ON THE “SHIRLEY JEAN” SINCE HE HAD ALL 30 BOMBS ON THE JACKET ALONG WITH THE “SHIRLEY JEAN” MASCOT, IT LEADS ME TO BELIEVE IT WAS OBVIOUSLY THE BOMBER THE LIEUTENANT WAS SERVING ON WHEN HE HAD HIS JACKET MADE & MOST LIKELY SERVED OUT HIS REMAINING MISSIONS ON HER. LIEUTENANT EUGENE FRANCIS CUNNINGHAM Jr. WAS FROM BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS AND WAS BORN IN EITHER 1920 OR 1921. THIS IS A ONE OF A KIND JACKET AND DISPLAYS VERY WELL. THE COAT DISPLAY AND STAND COME WITH THIS PURCHASE HENCE THE ELEVATED SHIPPING COST, HOWEVER IF YOU DID NOT WANT/NEED THE DISPLAY I WOULD BE ABLE TO DROP THE SHIPPING COSTS BY AS MUCH AS 75 % AS FAR AS THE CONDITION PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING.
THIS HISTORIC WWII A-2 CUSTOM TAILORED PRIVATE PURCHASE LEATHER BOMBER JACKET IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION FOR BEING 80 YEARS OLD. IT SHOWS SIGNS OF USE CONSISTENT WITH AGE AND WEAR SINCE THIS WAS THE JACKET LT. EUGENE FRANCIS CUNNINGHAM Jr. WORE OFF BASE DURING THE END OF WWII/DURING HIS SERVICE ON THE “SHIRLEY JEAN” AND ALSO HE WOULD HAVE WORN IT ON OCCASION IN HIS POST WAR LIFE. ONE OF THE CUSTOM MADE SIDE POCKETS OTHERWISE KNOWN AS HAND WARMERS HAS THE INSIDE FABRIC DETACHED FROM THE WALL, BUT STILL REMAINS INTACT & COMPLETE CONDITION, THERE IS ALSO STITCHING MISSING ON THE SHOULDER STRAPS OF EACH SIDE & WHERE THERE MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN A TAG ON THE INSIDE LINNING OF THE JACKET AT THE TOP WHERE THERE IS A TEAR AS SEEN IN THE PICTURES. ITS SIZE IS 23” FROM THE TOP OF THE BACK COLLAR TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BACK - 18” SHOULDER TO SHOULDER & APPROXIMATELY 26” FROM THE SHOULDER TO THE BOTTOM OF THE ARM. THESE ITEMS CAME OUT OF A LIFELONG COLLECTION WHICH CONTAINED THOUSANDS OF PIECES THAT WERE ALL JUST SOLD OFF. PLEASE LOOK AT THE PICTURES FOR MORE DETAILS ON THE ITEMS DESCRIPTION AND THE ITEMS CONDITION, THANK YOU

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