incredible AVG in china photo collection

[PeterShiao]

if you have free time to enjoy these old photo . well enjoy it !!AVG in china

 

[Pilot]

if you have free time to enjoy these old photo . well enjoy it !!AVG in chinaView attachment 112243

Thanks for sharing Peter, amazing!
Che-Che!

 

[B-Man2]

Great photos !
Thanks

 

[ZuZu]

if you have free time to enjoy these old photo . well enjoy it !!AVG in chinaView attachment 112243

Truly a great collection. Real "Terry and the Pirates" stuff! The evil Mrs. Chiang; the medieval cities; jungles; Japanese POWs doing Sumo wrestling; one pic with a random woman who may be a prostitute (very few women in this collection)- just so interesting!

 

[ZuZu]

And a very short A-2!

 

[PeterShiao]

and a weird A2 jacket !! that wind flap .......

it's from another collection

 

[Chandler]

and a weird A2 jacket !! that wind flap .......View attachment 112273 it's from another collection

The picture is flopped.

 

[Silver Surfer]

And a very short A-2!

View attachment 112271

looks to be tucked in like a shirt.

 

[Smithy]

In the past I haven't had a huge interest in the AVG but it's been growing of late.

Thoroughly enjoyed the link Peter and thank you for posting it.

 

[ZuZu]

looks to be tucked in like a shirt.

Yes amybe. Usually the jacket is well below that high belt line. Strange.

 

[Smithy]

It would be very odd to tuck an A-2 into what appear to be service pants. What gets me is that if it is tucked into his pants shouldn't there be a very visible bulge on the (his left) side of his pants? if you stuff the bottom knit et al into your pants it should show.

I think he's "tunnelled" the waist knit or even turned it up under the jacket on his left side for some reason.

 

[Chandler]

The picture is flopped.

 

[Micawber]

As an aside... Was there not a "thing" discussed here or elsewhere regarding a few pictures of pilots or crews who had tucked the waistbands of their A-2's back under the body of the jacket in some photos presumably as some kind of signal of belonging or individualism?

Maybe I dreamt it.

 

[mulceber]

As an aside... Was there not a "thing" discussed here or elsewhere regarding a few pictures of pilots or crews who had tucked the waistbands of their A-2's back under the body of the jacket in some photos presumably as some kind of signal of belonging or individualism?

Maybe I dreamt it.

Definitely. Can't remember where, but there's a photo of Hap Arnold wearing his A-2 like that.

 

[PeterShiao]

The picture is flopped.

oops !

 

[PeterShiao]

also jacket tucked into trousers

 

[PeterShiao]

another jacket tucked into trousers

 

[Shanghai-Mayne]

it not comfort at all

 

[B-Man2]

Maybe tucking the jacket knits into the pants was done because the A2 is short and rode up on them in the cockpit letting cold air go up their backs. I think most of us have experienced that while driving in our cars on a cold day .