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On a side note, in Italy there were two firms, Marus and Giusti, producing flight suits and jackets during WWII.
I don't have a clue on what happened to Marus;
but Giusti kept making suits and jackets for the Aeronautica (italian air force) after the war, switching to making L2Bs (I guess this...
CHECK6 very kindly sent me this pictures he took in a Belgian museum of an italian flight jacket, suit, and boots.
This is the first time I have the chance to observe italian WWII pilot's boots, so I thank him a lot.
I agree with Metatron
a clear italian inspiration in general construction, and in many particulars, but those flapped pockets on the chest is something I never come across in pictures of italian jackets.
Still wondering if someone would ever be interested in doing a repro of one of those lesser...
Thank you for the answer, Better Duck!
Fashion-wise, I completely agree with you; if I have to buy a "good" leather jacket (which will happen soon, I hope ;) ) it will be a M422, G1 or an A2... still wondering
anyway, I'll keep learning things from the forum :)
ciao!
By the way, I don't know if the pilot in the leather jacket is always the same; otherwise, as the jackets design looks quite the same in all the three pictures, could we guess it's some sort of issued jacket? Or a widespread popular design, maybe, like the "biker" jacktes used by some german...
Hi, I'm new on the forum (I've surfed and lurked for a while) but I'm more frequent on the Fedora Lounge;
so I repost here some pictures of italian flight jacktes of WWII that I posted on that board;
I hope them to be of some interest.
These jackets, as for what I've learned, were used since...
