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LOT 3318
Eastman Painted USAAF 8th Air Force Tribute A-2 Flight Jacket - Offered here is a modern production A-2 flight jacket manufactured by Eastman Leather Clothing, a company that “specializes in making extremely authentic, high quality reproductions of WWII vintage flight jackets and accessories.”Their work can be seen in film and television such as George Clooney’s “Catch 22”and LucasFilms’“Red Tails.” This is a terrific fantasy jacket (size 42) with all the bells and whistles of a highly decorated A-2 jacket. The left chest shows evidence of a name tag and patch having been removed with the current “S. ROSENSTOCK” marked name tag and two-piece leather ace of spade squadron patch (likely for the U.S. Marine squadron VMF-231) subsequently having been added. The lining is ink stamped “ROSENSTOCK” and is hand marked in ink “Bethesda, Md./HQ S-2 501P.I Regt/101st Airborne/Normandy Holland/Bastogne Germany/Austria.”The entire back of the jacket serves as the leather canvas for an extensive painted 8th AF tribute work of art, which includes a tally of sixteen missions, twenty German cities, and eight air-to- air victories with the type of each aircraft listed. CONDITION: Very fine with most of the wear appearing on the cuffs and waist band. The back of the jacket retains strong and vivid artwork by a highly talented artist. A great fantasy A-2 flight jacket by today’s premier maker and featuring fantastic art. Estimate: 5,500 - 8,500
LOT 3319
Extremely Rare U.S. Air Force
Smith & Wesson Model 56 Double Action Revolver - Serial no. K511430, 38 S&W
special cal., 2 inch solid rib bbl., blue finish, walnut grips. Built on a three screw, square butt K target frame
and featuring a heavy barrel, this model was manufactured for the U.S.A.F. from 1962 to 1963, with roughly 15,205 produced as replacements for the unsuccessful Model 13 light weight “Aircrewman” revolver. Features serrated ramp blade front and adjustable notched rear sight, casehardened hammer and trigger, and Magna-style checkered diamond grips with S&W medallions. The smooth
backstrap is marked “U.S.” The smooth backstrap is different from the serrated backstrap normally found on all
other target models. The barrel and frame have standard S&W markings. It’s believed that most of these revolvers were destroyed by
the government in Brunswick, Georgia, making these surviving revolvers extremely rare. Four are known to be archived in the Springfield Armory Museum and are new in the box. An exceptionally rare find for military collectors. CONDITION: Excellent overall, retaining 97% of the original blue finish with scattered light handling marks, faint cylinder drag line, and a small spot of pitting on either side of the lower frame. Mechanically excellent. Estimate: 5,500 - 8,500 LOT 3320 World War II Naval Air Technical Training Center Marked Sensenich PT-17 Propeller - This resized propeller is laminated in construction and manufactured by Sensenich Propeller Company for the PT-17. The front side is is painted with heavy black lines at either end where the he left displays the Naval Air Technical Training Center insignia of an eagle in ear muffs with a Browning 1917 slung over his shoulder and a wrench in his hand atop “N.A.T.T.C.” while the right is painted with “A O M” flanking a winged ordnance bomb above “U.S.N.” Towards the center each blade is marked “1” and “2” on the left and right respectively with “52988” in the central portion. The blade marked “2” is stamped on the rear with “PT-17 AIRPLANE/R-670-5 ENGINE/220 HP/2100 RPM/PART NO. 42K19593/Ser. No. 52988” and “SENSENICH” on the blade marked “1”. This propeller has eight mounting bolt holes and would have been used with the Continental R-670 engine. As resized, the propeller measures 27 inches. The PT-17 served during World War II as the main training aircraft for the United States military, as well as being used is several other roles on Army bases. CONDITION: Very good as resized with clear markings, some storage and handling marks, separation of the laminations at the ends from resizing, and the vast majority of the painted insignias remaining. This is your chance to own a part of one of the planes that taught the greatest generation to fly! Estimate: 1,000 - 1,500