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MikeyB-17
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Operation Chastise - 79 years ago today
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A friend of a friend flew over the Eder dam in a light aircraft. He said he couldn’t fathom how those boys did what they did in a...
Thursday at 7:23 AM
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Found for 40$ at thrift store. Anyone know how much its worth or where it came from?
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40 bucks is a pretty cool price for the jacket - still it is leather and still it looks like an A2 flight jacket ... hang some patches...
Tuesday at 9:01 AM
MikeyB-17
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Found for 40$ at thrift store. Anyone know how much its worth or where it came from?
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It’s not one of their worst ones, to be fair. Avirex are known for fantasy flight jackets which bear no relation to real ones, but apart...
Tuesday at 2:49 AM
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Irvin B Foster 7823B
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Mikey is spot on . I had one as well. These were sold in the PXs and I’m pretty sure we had a couple of discussions about this some...
Monday at 10:34 AM
MikeyB-17
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Good value for money A-1?
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Well you can’t get much further south in the UK than where I live, and we say that down here too.
Monday at 9:41 AM
MikeyB-17
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Irvin B Foster 7823B
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Has it got the USN perforation on the windflap? If it hasn’t, it’s a PX jacket. Made the same production line, but not for issue. I used...
Monday at 9:36 AM
MikeyB-17
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Glasses you wear with your flight jackets
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In fact, hey, I’m in. I’m very long-sighted, but up close I need reading glasses. I generally buy Goodlookers. With ELC A-2. And with...
Monday at 5:54 AM
MikeyB-17
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Glasses you wear with your flight jackets
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Hell, we’ve done everything else, hats to wear with your flight jacket, sunglasses to wear with your flight jacket (that was mine)...
Monday at 5:40 AM
MikeyB-17
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White paint on WW2 A2 jackets
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He doesn’t care. He didn’t pay the sort of money silly buggers like us pay for ours. He was issued it.
Monday at 5:34 AM
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Star Sportswear Mfg Co
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Hi: My father-in-law grew up in Lynn, Massachusetts, and got his first job as a kid sweeping floors at the Star Sportswear...
May 4, 2024
MikeyB-17
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D-Day cafe refuses to service the English
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I’ve seen another report where the cafe proprietor denies this, that the British guys turned up in a coach, and he apologised but said...
May 1, 2024
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What jacket(s) are you wearing at the moment?
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New to the herd; GW 27798
Apr 25, 2024
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Buttons
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Hi. Didn't see a thread for Buttons, while looking to find a good place to post this Modification I've done on my Bronson C-2 sweater...
Apr 25, 2024
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Help to identify jacket
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I agree this seems to be a 1963 contract N2B in nice condition. Label and looks check out and no reason to doubt it's genuine.
Apr 24, 2024
MikeyB-17
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Help to identify jacket
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I dunno y’know. According to the timeline on their website (not always to be entirely trusted, I grant you), they had a contract for...
Apr 24, 2024
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