US WWII USAAF 376th Bomb Group Leather Jacket Patch, Italy
This item is listed for historical interest only. It was listed on our site previously but has been sold and is no longer available for purchase.
Sold for: $495.00

Original period manufacture. Painted leather construction, depicting Donald Duck armed with a tommy gun while riding a bomb. There is evidence of the patch being mounted in a display of some kind, as there are tack marks top and bottom. Damage on one edge as shown. Measures 5.5 inches across. The 376th Bomb Group operated in North Africa and Italy during WWII while flying B-24 Liberators. It's units earning 3 Distinguished Unit Citations, including one for the Ploesti raid in August 1943.