Recent content by Mr. Scratch

Guy buys an original WWII A-2 at GOODWILL for $17, and tracks down it's original owner to give back to him. I have to admit though, this line from the vet makes me a bit nervous: “I couldn’t figure out why anyone would want the jacket after all these years,” he said."...

Thanks for the compliments, guys. It's nice to have something turn out the way it was imagined. It was pretty astonishing, and I'm very grateful. I set out to find an image of a squadron patch, and by midnight I had an accounting of every plane my grandfather flew by registered Aircraft...

New guy here, just showing off my latest project. I wanted to have a jacket similar to what my grandfather would have worn when he piloted B-25s in the Mediterranean during WWII. He was with the 446th Bomb Squadron, and during my research to build the jacket, I discovered that all the 446th...