Nice period photos of A-2's

[ausreenactor]

An aviation cadet models his new A-2 jacket. Note the drape/lay of the leather. Looks like his pinned wings to the front, not caring about re-sale value. Also note his tie is black, so this could be early or pre-war.

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What trouser belt is that? Officer should be the slide through buckle with the pin. OR belt would be the weave through square?

 

[Chandler]

Another from an old archive collection. Many stories told on the faces here.

 

[herk115]

I have heard of the metal fuse tags being used as zipper pulls but this is probably the first photographic evidence I have seen of one actually being used. View attachment 36870

Or was it a dog tag? Whatever it was, you just inspired me to use one of my issue dog tags as a zipper pull!

 

[Chandler]

Can anyone I.D. this cross-draw cowboy? Sorry the image is small, only one I had and needed to save it!

 

[mulceber]

Not sure about the man, but the jacket looks like a Monarch to me.

 

[B-Man2]

Having a knack for picking out the obvious it looks to me to be a Lieutenant from the 101st Airborne…..

 

[Chandler]

Having a knack for picking out the obvious it looks to me to be a Lieutenant from the 101st Airborne…..

Outside an outhouse?

 

[B-Man2]

Outside an outhouse?

Outside a FEMALE outhouse ….. (notice the heart in the door)

 

[Chandler]

Outside a FEMALE outhouse ….. (notice the heart in the door)

I never knew there was a distinction -- my great-grandparents' was unisex... ahead of their time.

So, if the heart is for women, does that mean the (typically seen) crescent moon is for men?

 

[Pa12]

Jacket looks very long to me

 

[B-Man2]

I never knew there was a distinction -- my great-grandparents' was unisex... ahead of their time.

So, if the heart is for women, does that mean the (typically seen) crescent moon is for men?

I think the crescent is unisex but the heart is for women. Not really sure as I grew up in the city but had to deal with these when I went to visit my grandmothers and aunts farms in Wisconsin

 

[hc0088]

Wow hope to find jackets like that!

 

[P-47 thunderbolt]

I feel that alot of airborne a2s seem on the large side.....perhaps in keeping with the jump jacket/ oversized style of paratroopers

 

[Kermit3D]

Lieutenant William R. Groseclose, of Pierre, South Dakota, Dak., a pilot of a P-51 Mustang fighter plane from the 8th Air Force, England, 1944.

 

[Kermit3D]

Lieutenant Albert Keeler a co- pilot of the 95th Bomb Group with the B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97232 ) nicknamed "Sandy's Refueling Boys", August 1944.

 

[Kermit3D]

 

[Kermit3D]

Lt. Frederick Moore Jr. of Charlotte, N.C., who was awarded the Air Medal. Aleutians.

 

[Brettafett]

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Looks like a Doniger

 

[Pa12]

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The grain and texture looks exactly like my first cowhide Avirex around 1985. Was a nice jacket, just too small.

 

[YoungMedic]

Lieutenant Albert Keeler a co- pilot of the 95th Bomb Group with the B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97232 ) nicknamed "Sandy's Refueling Boys", August 1944.

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i shoulda struck the 20 yard stare