Original U.S. WWII Navy Fighter Squadron VF-29 Pilot KIA Named Service Coat with Research Binder Japanese Helmets 40" rifled

40" rifled

showing little use other than the leather grip covering is just starting to show it's age under the brass wire wrap

The top mount cross bar is a replacement part taken from an original anti-aircraft maxim mount

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Original U.S. WWII Navy Fighter Squadron VF-29 Pilot KIA Named Service Coat with Research Binder Japanese Helmets 40" rifledOriginal Item: One of a kind. This United States Naval Service service coat is named to lt. Harry Edwin Leslie who was a fighter pilot assigned to Fighter Squadron VF 29 during World War Two. He was reported Missing in Action on October 29th, 1944 after receiving the Air Medal for actions on October 12th 1944. AWARDED AIR MEDAL CITATION"For distinguishing himself by meritorious acts while participating in the aerial flight under fire as the pilot of a