Silver Wings & Leather Jackets: Jon A Maguire

Contents

Chapter I: Yanks in the RAF – Eagles, ATA, and others

Chapter 2: British Flight Training Schools in the USA

Chapter 3: American Volunteer Group, CNAC, and the First Air Commandos

Chapter 4: Aces.

Chapter 5: General Spaatz’s Flag

Chapter 6: An OSS Team.

Chapter 7: The 27th Air Transport Group Collection

Chapter 8: Husbands and Wives

Chapter 9: More A-2 Jackets.

Chapter 10: Some Special Wings..

Chapter 11: Greeting Cards…

Chapter 12: Aircraft Insignia of the Great War

Silver Wings & Leather Jackets, the sixth book in Jon Maguire’s definitive series on the uniforms and insignia of U.S. Army aviation from World War I through World War II, offers a fresh focus on rare and unusual items not previously covered in the author’s earlier works. Throughout the United States, aviation museums and private collectors have graciously opened their collections for this book, showcasing an array of extremely rare artifacts. These include AVG, Eagle Squadron, Aces, A-2 jackets, attributed general’s items, OSS material, First Air Commandos, World War I wing badges, CNAC, paper items, and various other intriguing and unique pieces.