Original U.S. WWI Air Service Lieutenant John M. Pettingell Uniform & Field Gear Grouping with Claire R. Oberst-Named Musette Bag - Credited with One Aerial Victory Uniforms Most also had smooth backs

Most also had smooth backs like this example

44 Headquarters Airborne Command at Camp Mackall

and time period

From 17 April to 15 August 1945

Original U.S. WWI Air Service Lieutenant John M. Pettingell Uniform & Field Gear Grouping with Claire R. Oberst-Named Musette Bag - Credited with One Aerial Victory Uniforms Most also had smooth backsOriginal Items: One of a Kind Group. This is an extensive World War I U. S. Army Air Service officers uniform and field equipment grouping belonging primarily to Second Lieutenant John M. Pettingell, a trained pursuit pilot and flying instructor who served during the remarkable wartime expansion that created Americas first large military aviation force. The grouping contains Pettingells officers uniform, named headgear, three pairs of breeches,