10106 U.S.A.A.F. Fighter Pilot, 1943-45 John Jenkins U.S. Marines With so many ‘top brass’

With so many ‘top brass’ around this rifleman smartly offers a formal salute in the form of ‘present arms’ to his superiors

This little vignette set portrays the historic meeting… "

Dimension: 36cm(L) * 5cm(W) * 29cm (H)

one carrying the “Man-Portable M2-2 Flamethrower”

The battalion and light companies wore a dark blue woolen bonnet with a red band

10106 U.S.A.A.F. Fighter Pilot, 1943-45 John Jenkins U.S. Marines With so many ‘top brass’The United States Army Air Forces (U. S. A. A. F. or A. A. F.) was the major land based aerial warfare service of the United States Army. When established it was composed of 15 permanent combat groups, each organized into three or four flying squadrons. By World War II it held 67 combat groups: 26 were classified as Bombardment; 26 Pursuit groups (renamed fighter group in May 1942); 9 Reconnaissance groups; and 6 Troop Carrier Combat Cargo groups.