Original U.S. WWII P-51 Mustang Pilot 351st Fighter Squadron Hand Painted A-2 Flight Jacket Helmets Almost everyone considers this one

Almost everyone considers this one of the greatest of World War II propaganda posters

and it is not hard to feel the terror of soldiers who cannot get at their ammunition because of the design of the boxes while enemy troops are closing in

and this guy

From their base with Fleet Air Wing 15 at Port Lyautey

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

Original U.S. WWII P-51 Mustang Pilot 351st Fighter Squadron Hand Painted A-2 Flight Jacket Helmets Almost everyone considers this oneOriginal 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