Willis&Geiger Memphis Belle Ltd Edition Jacket
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AUTHENTIC WILLIS & GEIGER MEMPHIS BELLE BROWN LEATHER JACKET, LIMITED EDITION TO COMMEMORATE the UNITED STATES’ Air Force whose duty it was to fly in the B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft between 1942-1945. were based there during the Second World War. Memphis Bell was the nickname given to the Boeing B-17F Air craft bombers flown by the 91st Bomb Group. The elite unit within the 8th Air Force participated in 340 operational missions losing 197 of its aircrafts and suffered the greatest number of losses of any heavy bomb group. 887 of the crew were killed - around 19 per cent - and 123 were declared missing in action. Their missions inspired both a 1944 documentary film called Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress, and a 1990 Hollywood feature film called Memphis Belle. THIS JACKET: Size 42. Brown leather with backside PIN UP GIRL and Bomber Aircraft, all HAND PAINTED onto leather. Additionally Painted by hand, reads
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Willis&Geiger Memphis Belle Ltd Edition Jacket
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