10106 U.S.A.A.F. Fighter Pilot, 1943-45 John Jenkins U.S. Marines After basic Navy training

After basic Navy training

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

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

rifled musket

10106 U.S.A.A.F. Fighter Pilot, 1943-45 John Jenkins U.S. Marines After basic Navy trainingThe 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.