Recent content by Tom Bowers

HI Guys, I've seen a number of these through the years. They are privately made Tanker's Jackets made and worn in Korea. They mainly date after the fighting ended and things became more like occupation. We aren't sure if they were sewn up in Korea or Japan but many of them have parachute...

The military in WWII had different classifications for issue of items of all kinds 1 standard, the current standard issue item which supersedes any previous similar items and is the priority for production and issue 2 limited standard, a classification for items that are still approved for...

it's not actually military, it's a commercial jacket. I have seen some of these where a veteran had one painted to represent the jacket he wore during the war, but that's purely speculative.

I concur completely I've been in awe of his collection and his willingness to share it with us

thank you everyone for your replies

was wondering if anyone had information, photos or even actual garments made by Barbour for the armed forces especially in WWII I have several regular barbours that I've worn for decades and became curious if the UK military had contracted with them Thanks in advance

beautiful, a very underappreciated jacket I've seen plenty of them beaten to heck but never seen one so perfect Thanks for sharing

they are lovely jackets, I had one several decades ago. It was in overall poor condition but it fit and kept me warm and because it was blue it always looked good

re-dyed during the war and It doesn't really hurt the value that much. A large number of A2s were redyed for reissued If it was redyed post war and isn't in a correct shade than Im afraid it probably harms the value Love to see photos

beautiful and much much rarer than an as issued WWII jacket

Probably the AAF Air liaison officer. One of the innovations put in place by the 9th AF was to put qualified pilots with forward units on a rotation basis This allowed an experienced pilot to be able to talk to the AF pilots from the ground and call targets and control their attacks today...

thank you for sharing, I've frequently seen these mis-identified as pre-war flight jackets but you have accurately reported them as a CCC enlisted jacket They are very hard to find Great piece

Wow just Wow, I'm in love with that jacket

it was the late 1990s maybe early 2000s and since I was a kid seeing their late night ads, I always wanted to visit "The cockpit" store in NYC and buy an A-2 Back then there really weren't any other options for authentic A-2s I had bought my first Avirex back in 1985, at a local Army/Navy...

Love that, what a rare early Nylon