Here is a tunic with a nice history behind it. The tunic belongs to William Henley-Mooney, who joined the USAS in 1918 and was assigned to the British. LT Mooney was assigned to the 211 squadron, RAF, and flew the D.H.9 on bombing runs with the RAF.
LT Mooney, on 26 September 1918 was assigned DH9 # D565 for a bombing raid on Courtrai. During a running fight including a reported 40 enemy aircraft, LT Mooney was shot down in flames. He was able to land D565, and was captured by German troops. His observer LT Fair, MC was killed in the fight.
The uniform is a strange mustard yellow, different than other tunics I have seen. The wings are British made variants.
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