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Bit of help for sateen og 509 black label 1958

bazzer

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Hi I am repairing a usaf sateen black label the od 509 the one before the od 107
It quite clearly had some patches which have been removed the man I brought it off gets usaf form one of the bases in uk
I have the liner as well
The question I have is what rank would were the field coat of this era
I have a large collection of the bule rank and tapes and would like to restoration to be as authentic as possible
There are no shadow of strips on the arms so were would the rank be placed?
Patch wise it had one on each pocket which seems to be unusual?
Would greatly appreciate any help or photos
Thanks
Baz
 

bazzer

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Yep like that one have 2 one white label from 1962 which like this one had Chevron on arms
The earlier one has no evidence of Chevrons so I was wondering if the rank were on the collar as there is shading that looks like the lieutenant rank was there
Were they just for ground crew etc or did officer wear them,?
 

bazzer

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Been researching for a while and only found a couple of photos of personal wearing then
And loads of photos like above
I was wondering if anyone had more service photos
 

bazzer

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Here my white label just back from dry clear
As you can see the are Chevron makes and patch mark on one pocket
My black lable is at the dry cleaner now so will post pictures when gets back
 

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bazzer

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Some out of the sunlight
Baz
 

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Tylbor

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I have one, sage from 1960 with black label. I restored some patches including chevrons. I'll upload images soon.
 

Tylbor

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Hi,
Here are some images of my jacket. Being honest, I bought the liner first ($0.90, with a small tear I repaired with a piece of orange antique Japanese silk kimono) and then decided to find the jacket. It is from 1960 and is definitely sage. I noticed that ground crew jackets were later manufactured OG 107. It had signs of previous patches visible on the inner side. Chevrons, USAF and name tapes. Of course Wild Weasel patch is a big misuse, since F-4G became WW machines in late 70s I suppose. It's interesting that liner label has much more informations than the one from the jacket.
 

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B-Man2

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Hi Tylbor
May I suggest that you post full size images of your jacket . It’s easy to do so as the full image icon is right next to the one you chose .
you’ll probably get more responses by doing so.
 

bazzer

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Hi,
Here are some images of my jacket. Being honest, I bought the liner first ($0.90, with a small tear I repaired with a piece of orange antique Japanese silk kimono) and then decided to find the jacket. It is from 1960 and is definitely sage. I noticed that ground crew jackets were later manufactured OG 107. It had signs of previous patches visible on the inner side. Chevrons, USAF and name tapes. Of course Wild Weasel patch is a big misuse, since F-4G became WW machines in late 70s I suppose. It's interesting that liner label has much more informations than the one from the jacket.
very nice will post mine soon after I get it back from the dry cleaning
Baz
 
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