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It is such a shame that this jacket does not have the name of the pilot on it as provenance with these jackets is everything. This particularly contract dates to the 1943 fiscal year (July 1942-june 1943), but as the AVG was disbanded on 2nd July 1942, with the Hells Angel Squadron being discharged on 4th July it is highly unlikely it saw action with a member of the AVG. It may have been worn in the subsequent 14th Air Force. Although the painted Hells Angel patch is old it is likely to date from post 1942, perhaps added by the pilot who formerly belonged to the AVG. Unfortunately many so called AVG jackets are not quite what they seem.
It is such a shame that this jacket does not have the name of the pilot on it as provenance with these jackets is everything. This particularly contract dates to the 1943 fiscal year (July 1942-june 1943), but as the AVG was disbanded on 2nd July 1942, with the Hells Angel Squadron being discharged on 4th July it is highly unlikely it saw action with a member of the AVG. It may have been worn in the subsequent 14th Air Force. Although the painted Hells Angel patch is old it is likely to date from post 1942, perhaps added by the pilot who formerly belonged to the AVG. Unfortunately many so called AVG jackets are not quite what they seem.
