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Rotten sheepskin is rotten sheepskin. So you have some options: a) bronze it like a baby shoe b) cover or overlay the entire jacket in HH like that one guy did over on FL c) resell it to some poor guy who only wants to ever look at it . . . forever or d) be happy that, despite the terminal...

Willis & Geiger made a decent version in wool. They called it a "C-2 Glider Pilot Sweater." They also did the Mechanics sweater (just add your own Talon zip). Also Ralph Lauren makes a nice copy but in a linen/cotton blend :shock: Plus the usual suspects -- What Price Glory for some nice...

Eastman has, in fact, thought about this very issue and is willing to provide their own over-ripe huckleberry for the low, low storage price of . . . . . 70 quid

I get that it may be bogus or not . . but doesn't Goodwear make a United? Is anyone saying the jacket isn't vintage? I mean either way -- a pristine original or a pristine copy . . and without provenance isn't it a great deal for a pristine original and a pretty good deal for a Good wear repro...

This comment following the article provides a delicious counterpoint to the triumphal return: ''This autumn, the company that manufactured the world's first waxed cotton jackets' Er no. As is pointed out later in this atrociously written and abysmally ill informed piece the company was founded...

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Cool grouping of items. BUT how did you get the right glove and hat size -- are they generically a "medium" too . .?

You gotta love bazookas on an L4! Great shot and of the O2 tank in the cockpit -- extra fuel mod maybe!? What ingenuity!

" . . .that's how he flies . . . .ice cold . . .no mistakes .. . ."

Seems like a member here shipped a jacket to someone but then got a TOWEL back as a return . . .so the buyer got the jacket and a refund while the seller lost BOTH . . . and no ability to leave neg fb. I'm really surpised that there's not more fraud in this regard -- seems like a huge loophole...

A . . . because the AAF looks more like an in theater mod (from an aircraft stencil set) USAAC would be cool too

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?81050-WWII-uniforms-equipment-and-gear They look POLISH to me based on the photos in the thread above. The rivets mid foot seem to be the chief ID'er plus you can almost make out the metal toe rand.

Re: Attention members in Europa: Where are these trousers fr I have an OD Danish fatigue jacket with red on white spec tag and "DANMARK" on the shoulders that has this same sort of net/cording/rope grid inside the shoulders and back - I figured it was for warmth like the Scandinavian thermal...

As a general rule 1st Patt: wool cuffs and NO rear brass Neweys for the cod piece 2nd Patt: button cuffs and two rear brass Neweys to hold up the cod piece Post war or Belgian (ABL) models may have chrome Neweys and typically mix the 1st and 2nd patts by using wool cuffs AND two rear take up...