WWII A2 Bomber Jacket From Most Decorated Airman of the War 103 Combat Missions.

First off I realize 99 percent of people who see this will think it’s way overpriced and I completely understand that. However this is a true 1 of 1 item that can only be valued based on what someone will pay, and I had a 5 figure offer for it when I had it displayed at the state fair but I didn’t take it because I was in love with it and never even planned on considering offers. However now I have another extremely rare A2 in my collection so I am now willing to sell this if someone makes an offer too good for me to refuse.

This is the original A2 bomber jacket of James W. Cannon. If you do your research he was the most decorated US Airman of WWII, the most out of tens of thousands. He flew 103 combat missions in both the Pacific and Europe. He shot down 11 ships as well as 10 Japanese planes. The jacket has lost a lot of the paint but still has a lot left. It has 2 painted patches on the front. On the back it has his 103 bombs, a bunch of ships, and 5 Japanese flags which each represent two planes shot down.

It also comes with a binder full of information about him, original photos, medal citations, and flight logs. Some of these photos show what this jacket looked like back when it was in it’s original mint condition. SGT. Cannon was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for the sinking of a Japanese Destroyer. That award was almost never given to airmen who survived the war. The only medal higher was the Medal of Honor which was almost exclusively given to ground combat troops. The DSC he was awarded was almost always skipped over for airmen and instead they were given the Distinguished Flying Cross, which SGT. Cannon also won numerous times along with numerous clusters to the air medal as well.

This binder includes articles saying he was the most decorated member of the AAF, one article is an interview with him where he discussed the differences of the Japanese and German airmen. The binder has numerous original photos, award citations, some small items he brought back, and a bunch of his flight logs.

This is truly a 1 of a kind item that cannot be replaced, it really should be in a museum.

Serious offers will be considered. I still don’t know what kind of offer I would accept, I will know if I see it, but I am in no rush to sell this.