Buttoned Pocket Flaps A-2 Jackets
From the original documents used for clearance of A-2 specification, 94-3040, there are three contracts listed as already procured, and the spec. states in section III "All button holes shall be...
View ArticleBronson B-10
Hello, Has anyone in the forum bought one of the Chinese "Bronson" B-10's and what would be one's opinion of the jacket as compared to ELC, BR et al? Regards, Don
View Articledubow mfg
this just in: platon, remember him? has left bill kelso to start dubow mfg. should prove to be interesting.
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Anything and Everything A-1
As this the newest installment of our forum, I thought it would be great to have a subtopic set up to revisit prior photos and reviews of the precursor to the A-2. Hopefully a whole bunch of new stuff...
View Articleanother original light colored a-2
the longer term members have seen this one, but there have been a lot of newbie coming aboard, so, i thought to post some pix of my original monarch a-2. for the most part these monarchs were made in a...
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maybe a flight jacket on the dance floor
love this photo and you ? a mix of leather jacket , of nostalgia, 50's fashion pitty we Don't hear the music
View Article363 FS
Will you use it on your jkt ? View attachment 6485 Q: Apart from A2, what are the correct model of jkts to sew it on ?
View ArticleWatches to wear with your flight jackets...
Hi Guys, as I hi-jacked a thread over at the "General discussion" section and posted pitures of my watch in the "What jacket are you wearing today?" thread, I thought it might be cool to start a...
View ArticleM43 Jackets "Original"
"Original norwegian Army" ... During the time when I was still more active in reenactment I collected more Army than Airforce stuff. Simply made more sense to ride around in my Jeep in Army Equipment...
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"The Kong Crew" Eric Herenguel
A while ago I came across a real good carton / comicbook artist Eric Herenguel. He is the creator of the "The Kong Crew" Comics with a story about "King Kong" rules Manhattan in a postwar scenario....
View ArticleHow do you tell when Jacket was made?
I have a: TYPE A-2 DRAWING NO. 30-1415 CONTRACT NO. 1978-01 UNICEPT REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. U.S.ARMY AIR FORCES Is there a way from the above info to know when this was made. Is it a reproduction or...
View ArticleB10 from BOB DONG
pretty often it pays out to have old workmates/pals all around the world ... I just received a new repop B10 outta china which a fellow workmate brought straight from Beijing the jacket was made by BOB...
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Ray Ban Aviator reloaded
Have you seen this? Ray Ban released Aviators with hook temples, but only in the US and in very limited quantities. I would have loved one of these.... :/...
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Stenciled A-3 cap
Encouraged by the great job Smithy did on his jacket I took a leap and stenciled my DeBrabander A-3 cap. I expected it to be shabby, but hey, it's a field mod. To my surprise it turned out much better...
View ArticleSheeley Built USN Jacket
Hi All, I thought some of you might like to see an example of my latest work. In this case a size 40 USN Monarch AN-J-3A from their mid War 20570 contract. This particular contract, other than the pre...
View ArticleSomeone here was looking for ID to this one ????? not sure .....
Here's an image I found of a book cover with the image I've had in color leather patch, I recall someone was looking for this ID sometime ago, but don't recall what site etc, anyway here's what I found...
View ArticleBomber Jacket Photo Project...
Hello Folks! I must admit that until recently I was unaware of this group, but I've undertaken a project that might be of interest to the members. I'm a commercial photographer in Atlanta, with a...
View ArticleM422, M422a and AN-J-3 contract value ,award /completion dates
I hope that this is of some interest and help to all you USN jacket collectors ARNOFF AN-J-3 N288xsa 24248 awarded 6/44 completed 11/44 contract value $62k BLOCK HL M422a NXS 5134 5/42 8/42 $820k...
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