Is this Good wear M-422 jacket
View attachment 14560 Found this on ebay, seller claims this is M-422 made by Good wear. Never heard for chapman parachute and equipment co.
View ArticleSeeking "ID" AAF C-47 unit emblem ???????
This image is from a WW2 Navy film , taken on Iwo Jima , of a AAF C-47 , anyone recognize the unit's emblem ???????????? View attachment 14567
View ArticleHelp Identify Jacket
Any thoughts on this jacket? Was thinking B3 or Irvin? A photo of my grandpa standing on the wing of a plane. Thanks! View attachment 14565 View attachment 14566
View ArticleNew Reproduction Jacket - A.G. Spalding & Bros Model 722 Flight Jacket
Hi guys, I have been working on this jacket for quite sometime. The idea was first born a few years back when I got a Spalding catalog book and found this jacket in the catalog. View attachment 14585...
View ArticleThe Hartmann has gone ballistic !
For sale again already, but look at the price this time !! Looks like someone has dropped a bollock on this one. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fliegerjacke-Luft ... 240%3A1318
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5 inch Leather patch,533rd Engineer Boat & Shore Regiment, I made...
Made this one for a good friend/collector, 533rd Engineer Boat & Shore Regiment , enjoy View attachment 14598
View ArticlePlaton Dubow seal?
Has anyone seen, or can anyone post, a picture of one? Or is color yet another detail one is expected to trust to luck at EUR450?
View ArticlePrice increase at Eastman Leather
Hi, I've just came across the rather succinct notice on the ELC's website: "Tue 27th, March 2018. As from Sunday 1st April a price increase will be taking place across our all our lines. If you have...
View ArticlePostwar cheap surplus store gear
I'm planning a rummage through several boxes old family photos as I'm sure there are some in there showing dad on one of his bikes wearing surplus Irvin, '41 flying boots, gauntlets etc. There some of...
View ArticleWhatever happened to the Goldsmith A2 ?
After several pages of research , photo analysis, information sharing , design modifications and speculation, whatever happened to the planned releases of the repro Goldsmith A2 jackets. I know that...
View ArticleHelp Identify Mysterious Jacket
I recently purchased this jacket but I can not identify it. The tag says that it is a B9 but the specification number and stock number is for a B11. The jacket also looks like a B 11. I think that the...
View ArticleNew LW Suburban
Also received that on Monday. Its russet HH size 38. I really like it as it is a new style besides my flight jackets (although it remotely reminds me of a Luftwaffe jacket). Will require some work to...
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Some more "TIES stuff"
just got managed to get 2 patches artisticly manufactured by TIES on the respective jacket ... i think no comments necessary ... N1 jacket by "The Dong" B15 also made by "The Dong"
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Bronson D-1
Anyone seen this? https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.1-c-s.w4004-18296377087.51.146b7d73pzziQo&id=582894747013 I'm no D-1 expert, but it goes for 580 GBP
View ArticleLarger Sefton A2
Years ago, back in the days when repro choice was limited and I could still fit into generous size 40-42 originals, I had a Sefton A2 as a daily wearer. I was very fond of that old jacket as it just...
View ArticleRAAF hand painted souvenir plate from the Berlin Airlift
View attachment 14702 View attachment 14703 Presented to Warrant Officer Henry 'Larry' Blackman by members of the Australian detachment to the Berlin Airlift. Blackman joined the Royal Australian Air...
View ArticleM-422A jacket with patch and art 728th sqn USAAF
View attachment 14706 View attachment 14707 United States Navy Bureau of Aeronautics M-422A pebble grained goatskin leather flying jacket. Maker Fried, Ostermann Co. Wisconsin Date made c 1941 Included...
View ArticleDogbreath
View attachment 14709 I've not seen such s modern looking art on an original like the art on the left as we look at it
View ArticleRCAF patch No 1 General Reconnaissance School ww2
View attachment 14722 This patch belonged to Warrant Officer Richard Woodward Luker, of Cleveland, Queensland. Luker enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force on 5 February 1940. Luker was sent to...
View ArticleFundraising cloth badge 'Napier Biplane Cymru Am Byth' WW1
View attachment 14731 Rectangular silk flag badge with pin attachment. The silkscreened design features a Napier biplane in flight with British markings, labelled 'Napier', over the caption 'Cymru Am...
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