This flying jacket was worn by the pilot of the B17 Flying Fortress aircraft ... when Norfolk became a massive airbase for American bomber aircraft and their crews, who helped swing the tide ...

As noted in the Apple+ series, the Flying Fortress was easy to fly ... Initially, the bomber crews wore only heavy flight jackets and sheepskin flight trousers, which were about protecting the ...

Though it wasn't the bomber that actually ended the Second World War (that distinction and honor belongs to another Boeing ...

This flying jacket was worn by the pilot of the B17 Flying Fortress aircraft ... when Norfolk became a massive airbase for American bomber aircraft and their crews, who helped swing the tide ...