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I know it's not an A2, all I'm saying is that wool+flight jacket=not mutually exclusive.

What is so awful about it? I really like wool bomber jackets: I think you guys have put the A2 on a pedestal. :lol:

What is this from please? Cool image.

Which is the film featuring an A1 in the first post?

Nice to see some vibrant colour on a leather jacket! Unique!

Almost certainly Italian inspired, they used baggy jackets with diagonal pockets and detachable lining/collar, actually quite unique for the time, and very much the norm for many military jackets today:

Any chance of reposting those photos?

I seem to have become a specialist in old thread necromancy. :twisted: Any chance of seeing some fit photos? This is just the sort of thing I have been looking for, a non-leather classic styled short jacket.

Ah thanks for the reply mr Lever. I'd like to have some kind of accurate repro made, in absence of an original. I was hoping, what with your wide experience with historical leather garments, that you'd know what leather was used on the original outer shells and collars? I'm assuming it is...

I had automatically assumed that 'LW' standed for Luftwaffe in this post. asiamiles, to each his own, I appreciate the uniqueness of the design and the tailored fit. I also like the strange combination of a 'cafe-racer' like closure and the large fur collar. I say fur, but the originals were...

I apologize for bringing this old thread back to life, but being a bit 'jet jacket' aficionado, I had to ask: Who was this repro made by? I was only aware of the noblehouse(which I own) and original fliegerjacke versions, both of which have taken some artistic liberties. (For example the...