Original U.S. WWII CBI Hump Pilot Lt. Bill Mumford Class A Uniform Jacket Russian Maxim 1910 stamp on the butt plate

stamp on the butt plate

Complete with exotic hard wood scabbard of top quality

Clearly of considerable age and most probably dating to the Victorian period the wood is somewhat lighter in weight than expected indicating that it was either used by a young warrior or intended for ceremonial purposes

Front Sight not included

The 517th breezed through jump school with no washouts

Original U.S. WWII CBI Hump Pilot Lt. Bill Mumford Class A Uniform Jacket Russian Maxim 1910 stamp on the butt plateOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is the named Class A four pocket uniform jacket of known Hump pilot Lieutenant Willard Bill Mumford. Multiple interviews via email with Bill before his passing in 2000 have been published on the wonderful website The Hump Flyer by Tony Strotmanand and Bills interviews can be found at this link http: www. usaaf in cbi. com humpflyer story_will. htm The Hump, as it was dubbed by the pilots of the China Burma India