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Volume Two in the series, this book is all-inclusive, covering every
aspect of aviation related uniforms and equipment used by the American
Navy during World War II. Chapters in this volume include; pre-war naval
aviation and training, survival equipment and aircraft carrier based
aviation as well as parachute riggers, photographers, air gunners,
fighter and bomber crews, USMC and more. Flying jackets, helmets and
parachute systems are highlighted in addition to class-A dress uniforms
and insignia. Informative wartime documents and catalog excerpts are
reproduced here for the first time and hundreds of original unpublished
archive photographs chronicle U.S. Navy aviation from 1941-1945.
Original uniform ensembles are showcased in full-color contemporary
recreations, many of them in and around authentic World War II aircraft.
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