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Hello,
As you may know I’m not collecting mint flight jackets or repros, my interest to flight jackets goes to the story they keep telling, so many years after the war. The stories of men have more interest to me than the jackets.
I know we are a few guys here collecting the same way.
I wanted to share my last buys from last months, I guess there will be some interest to jacket lovers and to history lovers too.
I’ll make several messages in order to be easier to watch.
And, sorry for my english, it may be difficult to read sometimes...
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This A-2 belonged to Cpl Lorren MEADOR, ball turret gunner in a B-24 from the 459th BG, 757th BS, 15th AF.
Lately arrived to the front our man made “only” 25 missions before the end of the war in ETO.
On the chest there’s a classical inceased italian made patch from the 757th BS.
I’ve been lucky to receive the jacket with a few documents shown below.
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This A-2 belonged to Lt (later Capt) Richard McIntyre, B-17 pilot in the 413th BS, 96th BG, 8th AF. He arrived in this unit in June 1944.
He married Irene in 1939 and her portrait is painted on the front of the jacket.
After the war they settled in Fairbanks Alaska, where Richard created the flight company
"Frontier Flying Service". This company is still flying !
The B-17 is painted in the back of the jacket, unfortunately the paint used for the face has mainly disapeared.
30 missions are represented.
The name « Hazzard Express » comes from the original county where McIntyre was raised in Kentucky.
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This A-2 belonged to Lt Raymond NORDEN, a well-named guy who was navigator-bombardier in a B-26 from 441st BS, 320th BG, 12th AF !
He flew 42 missions from october 1944 to april 1945, from Corsica island, and Dijon in France.
On the left side is remaining the patch from the 441st BS, hard to recognize.
Have a look to the knits, they are knits from A-10 flight gloves, the label is still sewn inside !
Zipper is coming from a field jacket M41.
Here is the patch as it originally was.
Nice painted B-26 in the back. Condition of the jacket is better than it looks, on top of the back there are only scratches, nothing serious.
Raymond Norden wearing the jacket :
Found on the 320th BG website, a colour picture showing Raymond Norden posing close to the famous “Thumper II”.
Tim
As you may know I’m not collecting mint flight jackets or repros, my interest to flight jackets goes to the story they keep telling, so many years after the war. The stories of men have more interest to me than the jackets.
I know we are a few guys here collecting the same way.
I wanted to share my last buys from last months, I guess there will be some interest to jacket lovers and to history lovers too.
I’ll make several messages in order to be easier to watch.
And, sorry for my english, it may be difficult to read sometimes...
****************************************************************************************************
This A-2 belonged to Cpl Lorren MEADOR, ball turret gunner in a B-24 from the 459th BG, 757th BS, 15th AF.
Lately arrived to the front our man made “only” 25 missions before the end of the war in ETO.
On the chest there’s a classical inceased italian made patch from the 757th BS.
I’ve been lucky to receive the jacket with a few documents shown below.
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This A-2 belonged to Lt (later Capt) Richard McIntyre, B-17 pilot in the 413th BS, 96th BG, 8th AF. He arrived in this unit in June 1944.
He married Irene in 1939 and her portrait is painted on the front of the jacket.
After the war they settled in Fairbanks Alaska, where Richard created the flight company
"Frontier Flying Service". This company is still flying !
The B-17 is painted in the back of the jacket, unfortunately the paint used for the face has mainly disapeared.
30 missions are represented.
The name « Hazzard Express » comes from the original county where McIntyre was raised in Kentucky.
*****************************************************************************************************
This A-2 belonged to Lt Raymond NORDEN, a well-named guy who was navigator-bombardier in a B-26 from 441st BS, 320th BG, 12th AF !
He flew 42 missions from october 1944 to april 1945, from Corsica island, and Dijon in France.
On the left side is remaining the patch from the 441st BS, hard to recognize.
Have a look to the knits, they are knits from A-10 flight gloves, the label is still sewn inside !
Zipper is coming from a field jacket M41.
Here is the patch as it originally was.
Nice painted B-26 in the back. Condition of the jacket is better than it looks, on top of the back there are only scratches, nothing serious.
Raymond Norden wearing the jacket :
Found on the 320th BG website, a colour picture showing Raymond Norden posing close to the famous “Thumper II”.
Tim
