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How a bombardier’s jacket inspired a failed Nazi propaganda campaign

Newspapers across Germany claimed that Lt. Kenneth Williams' flight jacket was "photo evidence for the underworld nature of [Allied] air terror."

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Newspapers across Germany claimed that Lt. Kenneth Williams' flight jacket was "photo evidence for the underworld nature of [Allied] air terror."

3 hours ago·Vienna, United States

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Military Times broke the news in Vienna, United States 3 hours ago on Wednesday, February 4, 2026.

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Nazi propaganda labeled Allied airmen as gangsters using a bombardier’s jacket, but crews embraced the term and the jacket became a Smithsonian artifact.