Original U.S. WWII B-24 WIA Lt. Marvin Gurwit 578th Bomb Squadron A-2 Flight Jacket Vickers MMG Santa Paula California

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- Original WW2 Documents: including his Honorable Discharge

but only small numbers were built before all attention turned to the 262

with expected wear from age and use

While it is hard not to see that the Italian Model 1928 helmet was at least highly “influenced” by the British Wolseley helmet

Original U.S. WWII B-24 WIA Lt. Marvin Gurwit 578th Bomb Squadron A-2 Flight Jacket Vickers MMG Santa Paula CaliforniaOriginal Item: One of a kind. Distinguished Flying Cross recipient Second Lieutenant Marvin L. Gurwit (ASN O 685597) was a navigator on the B 24 Knuckle Head which was assigned to the 578th Bomb Squadron, 392nd Bomb Group, 8th Air Force during World War Two. The plane crash landed on April 27th, 1944 in shallow water off the coast of Westgate Kent England, when 4 members of the crew were killed. The crash injured Lt. Gurwin. The story of the crash is