Korean War Silk Blood Chit leather motorcycle vest Read What Is a Blood

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" AVG pilots often had the blood chit sewn directly into the back panel of their A-2 flight jacket — a practice specific to the Flying Tigers that distinguishes their blood chit from later designs carried separately in survival kits

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Korean War Silk Blood Chit leather motorcycle vest Read What Is a BloodThe Korean War blood chit was issued to UN forces aircrew flying over the Korean peninsula from 1950 to 1953 a conflict where downed pilots faced a complex survival environment spanning territory controlled by North Korean, Chinese, and South Korean forces simultaneously. The blood chit addressed this directly: it displayed the flags of the United States, Great Britain, South Korea, and the United Nations, and printed survival text in English,