CAN/USA RCAF Dress Jacket

Item

Title

CAN/USA RCAF Dress Jacket

Description

A blue RCAF uniform dress jacket with pilot wings and pilot officer braids on sleeves and brass buttons. Shoulder flashes show both Canada and USA. Shoulder flashes appear non military issued. Jacket lining custom tailored with burgundy silk or nylon.

R McPherson handwritten inside right hand sleeve.

Date

1939-1945

Identifier

021.500.010

Medium

Wool, brass, cotton, nylon, silk

Provenance

Belonged to Russ McPherson from Ohio, USA who joined the RCAF and stayed with the air force after the U.S. entered the war.

Item sets

Americans in the RCAF and RAF