My friends? I am a little lost on that one. I have no idea what you are talking about. I got burned by a guy from Germany on one jacket some 5 or so years ago who was claiming his jacket was made by ADEFA. I also went into detail that ADEFA NEVER EVER MADE ANY OF THE JACKETS CLAIMED BY RON IRBE!!! and I posted a bunch of warnings on here about him. So how the fuck is he my friend when I had been warning you guys ???? Also, did you forget that you were the one who sold me a Hartmann jacket off Ebay with the claims it was Luftwaffe worn? I am pretty sure that was you. But all my other jackets are motorcycle jackets and said I removed anything that someone jazzed up jackets....I made it clear that I am interested in antique motorcycle jackets. I also have no idea how Reich Defense jackets are not Luftwaffe, 2 of them still have all their electrical attachments, the other one does not have it. I mentioned that the best one with their electrical I bought from Michael Fuller from his website...I dont have any friends on ebay and I have never sold anything on Ebay. I have not been on Ebay In almost 2 years. In fact, I warned a ton of you guys about all the bad guys on the Ebay who are ripping people off and posted on THIS SITE all their names and aliases. If you go back over the years I posted on here a ton of people on Ebay posting fake jackets. Also, I mentioned on here that these Luftwaffe Pilots NEVER WORE their motorcycle jackets while flying. only on their down time. It is not possible to wear decorations on a jacket then bailout because the prop wash blows them off. I also posted that I put this to the test and drove my Indian at 60 mph and sure enough they blew off. I got banned from sites because I posted that Luftwaffe Pilots NEVER wore jackets with Medals on them while in flight. Only sewn on. It is not possible to wear hanging decorations with all the parachute on and safety harnesses. I do not have any displays with all the decorations or anything. Every jacket that had that stuff on them I removed so that I could wear the jackets. I never added them on nor did I ever sell any. I posted fantasy photos on here how they would look with stuff on them but never attached any and mentioned in those old posts that they were just for photos. All of my decorations are stored away in boxes. NOT A SINGLE ONE OF MY MOTORCYCLE JACKETS HAVE ANY NAZI ITEMS ON THEM. What Jackets that have the Mink collars etc. were obtained in the UK 1970's and Germany in 1980's and Ebay did not exist and I mentioned that I took off any sewn on Luftwaffe items. I argued for years telling people that Luftwaffe Pilots NEVER WORE THESE IN FLIGHT....only on the ground.
You made the claim that no Luftwaffe pilot wore these jackets. I said they did wear them. But I had mentioned many times in the past they wore them ONLY on the ground NOT DURING FLIGHT. NO PILOT WOULD HAVE WORN THEM OVER RUSSIAN TERRITORY. They were not recognized Luftwaffe attire and would be subject to execution. That came straight from Erich Hartmann's own mouth. He told people at a conference in the UK he never wore one in flight. I informed a ton of people on forums that his was given to him by the photographer for posed photos. That was in mid 1944 and he said he never wore it in combat. He said Russian soldiers would execute German pilots for being out of proper uniform, or wearing any Russian winter coats. Just like the Germans would execute any American having on them anything taken from dead Germans.....but the German soldiers would steal dead American's boots or RAF jackets like Adolf Galland did. Don't forget how much the Germans stole and repurposed anything from the British at Dunkirk.