THU JUN 26, WELL DOCUMENTED US NAVY ISSUED MINT SMITH & WESSON VICTORY MODEL REVOLVER & USN BOYT 43 SHOULDER HOLSTER, CARRIED BY WWII CATALINA PILOT, LATER CHIEF TEST PILOT, PAX RIVER! MINT CRISP RIG!

Here is something we seldom see these days, straight out of the woodwork directly from the son, we have the US WWII issued US Navy marked Smith & Wesson Victory model revolver, with the original USN marked BoyT-43 shoulder holster.  The revolver is in 98% mint crisp condition, it is all matching including the grips and the holster is mint.

Obtained directly from his son, this revolver was issued to Captain Bruce K Lloyd Jr.  He graduated from Annapolis in 1940 and at during the war he flew Catalina Rescue missions in the Pacific.  After the war he remained in the Navy, he was a test pilot, later chief test pilot at Pax river, and also was the XO on the USS Franklin Roosevelt, a midway class carrier.  He retired from the Navy in 1963 and became a test pilot for Boing.  We have a well illustrated history that the son put together.

https://www.raregearusa.com/blogs/news/heroes-of-war-captain-bruce-k-lloyd-jr-story-by-rare-gear-usa?srsltid=AfmBOorJRvPGts–ruC5Pag0Dv6hKmlY8GOQowLmXXbjBRb3UTmCh2YZ

These days we just rarely get this level of detail on a WWII used firearm and this will be of major interest to most collectors.