Nice period photos of A-2's

[Officer Dibley]

 

[Officer Dibley]

 

[Officer Dibley]

 

[Flightengineer]

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Dave it is amazing photo! Thanks for sharing.
Seemingly from similar photos Gil Cohen borrowed a plot for his "WASP special delivery"

 

[Edward]

thanks Officer Dibley! about time we got some women posted! the WAACs, WACs, WAFs and WASPs were hard workers and cute to boot! Air Transport command shuttled a lot of stuff and people!

 

[Officer Dibley]

thanks Officer Dibley! about time we got some women posted! the WAACs, WACs, WAFs and WASPs were hard workers and cute to boot! Air Transport command shuttled a lot of stuff and people!

And they all look cool in their flight gear !

 

[Pilot]

God bless Sir Richard Cole and his alike..

 

[Flightengineer]

God bless Sir Richard Cole and his alike..

Always was amazed the people of his generation, they were definitely iron people.

 

[Edward]

And they all look cool in their flight gear !

all women look cool in flight gear!

 

[Pilot]

all women look cool in flight gear!

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[zoomer]

You know, most of the pics I've seen with those inside pocket 'rigger-mods', have been with the 352nd FG... It could not have been only them...?

Well...every issued jacket then in service was marked PROPERTY AIR FORCE U.S. ARMY. So a major modification like that probably had to be authorized at the command level.

 

[Greg Gale]

 

[Pilot]

Well...every issued jacket then in service was marked PROPERTY AIR FORCE U.S. ARMY. So a major modification like that probably had to be authorized at the command level.

Like internal „pocket-ing“ patching it or artworking it...

 

[Greg Gale]

Not only a2s:

 

[Edward]

Staff Sergeant S.F. Campbell, a tail gunner of the 446th Bomb Group with his B-24 Liberator (RT-R, serial number 41-29177) nicknamed "Ginger".

 

[Edward]

Lieutenant Floyd Kelly (pilot), Lieutenant "Steve" Stevens (co-pilot), Lieutenant Joe Salisbury (navigator), Sergeant Don Bolce (radio) and Sergeant George Montgomery (crew chief) of the 437th Troop Carrier Group, who flew their C-47 Skytrain on D-Day, under the command of Operations Officer Captain Joe C Antrim. Image by Joe C Antrim.

 

[Edward]

Lieutenant Broe of the 48th Fighter Group with his P-47 Thunderbolt. Image via Harold. '24/3/45, 493 FS, 48 FG.'

 

[Brettafett]

Fantastic photos!

 

[B-Man2]

Speaking of the drape on various A2’s , look at the different variety of fits and and draping in those two photos.

 

[Edward]

Flight Nurse Julia Corinne Riley, suitably attired.

( LIFE / Eliot Elisofon c.1943)