Original U.S. WWII B-17 The Character 339th Bomb Squadron Painted A-2 Flight Jacket Stencils It reads Wie Lange Noch

It reads Wie Lange Noch (How much longer) and Erinnerung An Meine Kriegsgefangenschaft In England (In Memory of my captivity in England) and is dated 1915

The only difference was the grooved pattern on the top and bottom of the exterior

It also has the Ordnance broad arrow

Austin - PVT

It measures 15 inches in overall length with a 9 inch blade

Original U.S. WWII B-17 The Character 339th Bomb Squadron Painted A-2 Flight Jacket Stencils It reads Wie Lange NochOriginal Item: One of a kind. The Boeing B 17 Flying Fortress 42 40016 aka "The Character" was delivered to Long Beach, CA 3 11 43; Kearney, NJ 14 11 43 then assigned to the 8th Air Force, 96th Bombardment Group, 339th Bomb Squadron which was stationed at Snetterton, England on 30 11 43. During the war the Bombardier: Douglas Leeper (KIA by 20mm shell, pilot was Chris Wunnerberg who landed back at RAF Woodbridge, Sfk) on 10 2 44. The plane went