Early unusual B-3

[joeson]

On the Japanese store 'Marvins' website:
http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... XVFoIKzDpw

click on 'whats new'.

 

[Silver Surfer]

at about $2200+-, its not a bad price for a super rare, larger pre war b-3.

 

[Roughwear]

It's certainly very rare as these undyed B-3s were made in very small numbers. This example has a broken zip and some patched repairs, but it is a desirable size 44, so the price is about right, but not for me!

 

[asiamiles]

The upper back panel appears to be a replacement.

 

[fleet16b]

In the Military section, they are now selling what they claim to be an A1
Looks the part except for the label
What does everyone else think ?

 

[Silver Surfer]

the a-1 looks right, and legit. air associates was a civy co. that supplied both a-1s and a-2s to both civilian pilots and aac-aaf airmen. the company was at mitchell field, [garden city now], where there is now a museum "the cradle of aviation". chappy has some great pix of a pre war air associates a-2 that was used in the cbi theater. these air associates jacs show up once in a while, but are dismissed by many collectors due to their misunderstanding of what they were . there is some discussion about security aviation togs, and air associates being two branches of the same company, though there is no documentation to support this thesis.

 

[joeson]

In the Military section, they are now selling what they claim to be an A1
Looks the part except for the label
What does everyone else think ?

They have had that jacket for some time,I remember looking at it some years ago when I was in Tokyo.Pretty much everything on it has been replaced,the label could have come from another item.As has been mentioned already,it looks like an A-1.