GUEST: This jacket was my husband's father's.

It was his during World War II.

His father was a engineer on a B-24 Liberator bomber, and he served in the South Pacific.

That's really about all I know.

APPRAISER: I did a little digging.

I found a photograph of the aircraft that shows the exact same nose art on it with the female figure here and the same name, "Major Ette."

That was a B-24D that served in the 13th Air Force in the Pacific Theater, in the 372nd Bomb Squadron of the 307th Bomb Group.

That was the group that was known as the Long Rangers.

And really one of the reasons why the B-24 is so prevalent in the Pacific Theater, it had a couple of features about it that made it advantageous compared to other aircraft, range being primary among them.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: So, the name "the Long Rangers" factors into that bomb group.

Their biggest enemy out there wasn't necessarily the people shooting at them.

It was mechanical problems or navigation errors that would bring the biggest enemy into play, and that's the Pacific itself.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: The distances are so vast that one little error or m, mechanical problem, losing two engines on one of those aircraft, could be kind of a death sentence to those guys.

So they saw an entirely different war than they saw in Europe.

And I was just struck by this jacket when you came up with it, because it's got this interesting painted majorette.

We've got 13th Air Force in this shooting star, the bombs signifying completed missions.

And then, if we look at the front of this jacket, you've got the squadron insignia.

And then on the other side, closer to you, is actually painted "the 307th Long Rangers."

GUEST: Oh, I... I see something, yeah.

APPRAISER: It's a little hard to make out, but when you know ahead of time what you're looking for... GUEST: If you're looking for it.

APPRAISER: ...then you can see it.

It is a wonderful painted leather flight jacket.

We see a lot of these where you can tell that it was really cool artwork, and now it's been worn to the point where you can just see a ghost of it.

Even though you've got the wear on this, this is still quite displayable.

On the market today, an auction estimate on this jacket would be $6,000 to $8,000.

GUEST: Mm, mm-hmm.

Well, it's not going on the market.

(laughs) So, I'm just so proud to have it and the story behind it.