"Kyushu Gypsies" L-2A

[Chris217]

Awhile back J.C. (contrailschaser) posted some pics of his original Korean War "Kyushu Gypsies" L-2A, which had an awesome painted Blood Chit on the back of it.

I thought the painted Blood Chit was really neat looking, so I had Jerome paint one just like J.C.'s original on my Buzz L-2A.

While Jerome had the jacket, I was able to come across an original "Kyushu Gypsies" patch on ebay, which I later had put on the jacket.

Here's the end result!

Here's some photos of pilots from the "Kyushu Gypsies" which flew C-47's during the Korean conflict.

I hope J.C. doesn't mind me using the pic of the original chit.

 

[Vcruiser]

Very nice,Chris!
Van

 

[dujardin]

heyyyyyyyyyy,
again splendid jacket; really like those blue nylon jackets (korean era).
nice artwork and great you find the patch to go with.

byeeeeeeeee marcel

 

[greyhound52]

Very nice well done

 

[Peter Graham]

That looks fantastic. Very unusual. Well done that man !

 

[tamoko]

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[Weasel_Loader]

That came out great!!! Nice idea too.

 

[TankBuster]

I agree, very nice!!

 

[johnny english]

Cool Jacket and cool photos

One of the guys in the gypsies looks to be wearing a sage B15 with a black collar.

Are these common and are there any decent repros around ?
I've only ever seen OD with Brown collars and Blue with black ?

 

[cheaterome]

Cool Jacket and cool photos

One of the guys in the gypsies looks to be wearing a sage B15 with a black collar.

Are these common and are there any decent repros around ?
I've only ever seen OD with Brown collars and Blue with black ?

The b-15's that are blue have dark blue collars--- b-15c.

The b-15 in the upper right hand corner is a b-15d .

This is probably a later war (conflict :roll: ) photograph.

My pleasure on doing the jacket. It was fun and my first painted nylon. Let me know when you want to do another because I have myself convinced my buzz rickson b-15c needs a fourth fg f-86 painted on it with some 4th FIS saying about bagging MIGS !!!


Rome

 

[johnny english]

I thought the B15 D was without the fur collar ?

 

[Peter Graham]

I thought the B15 D was without the fur collar ?

That's the B-15D (Mod) modified by removing the collar.

 

[watchmanjimg]

Many of the pictures on the Kyushu Gypsies website, including the black-and-white one in this thread, were taken after the Korean War ended. This may help to explain the presence of the B-15D.

 

[Chris217]

I'm pretty sure the photos I posted are from late 1953-1954. The insignia on my jacket, like the ones in the photos, is a 2nd generation Kyushu Gypsies patch that was worn from January 1953 to April 1955, when the unit was disbanded in Japan.

Jerome, it's good to see ya back!!!!!!!! You've been missed by many.

I can't begin to tell you how happy I am with the jacket!! Another masterpiece from the U-man.

Chris