Unusual B-3

[Roughwear]

This one lacks the HH sleeve reinforcements and has horizontal seam tapes on the upper arms. I wonder whether it is a "one-off" or has had the sleeve reinforcements removed. The Talon zip appears to be a replacement as it ends a couple of inches from the waistband. Interesting jacket.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WW2-USAAF-B-3-SHE ... 0235449886

 

[Hawkeye]

That label looks pretty funny to me, could the jacket be an immediate postwar civilian copy?

 

[Roughwear]

That label looks pretty funny to me, could the jacket be an immediate postwar civilian copy?

Its actually a correct USAAF label. I have seen others from the same contract, but not with "naked" sleeves! :lol:

 

[shanghai joe]

That label looks pretty funny to me, could the jacket be an immediate postwar civilian copy?

Its actually a correct USAAF label. I have seen others from the same contract, but not with "naked" sleeves! :lol:

Andrew,

guess nakedness is contagious..........especially after you got the CBI jkt with the ....um naked titties ATC patch.

Get a grip man ( and I don't mean twin perks)! :lol:

 

[Roughwear]

That label looks pretty funny to me, could the jacket be an immediate postwar civilian copy?

Its actually a correct USAAF label. I have seen others from the same contract, but not with "naked" sleeves! :lol:

Andrew,

guess nakedness is contagious..........especially after you got the CBI jkt with the ....um naked titties ATC patch.

Get a grip man ( and I don't mean twin perks)! :lol:

Do I detect an element of jealousy here, Joe? :lol: :lol:

 

[shanghai joe]

Andrew,

guess nakedness is contagious..........especially after you got the CBI jkt with the ....um naked titties ATC patch.

Get a grip man ( and I don't mean twin perks)! :lol:[/quote]

Do I detect an element of jealousy here, Joe? :lol: :lol:[/quote]



no no no..........I'm in denial :lol:

 

[John Lever]

My immediate thought was a very old post war B3 type jacket perhaps made for a civi pilot.

 

[Roughwear]

John, The label is from a no-name 1942 contract-42-12690p, but it appears to be tacked on, not machine stitched as was usual practice. The waist belts are not in the customary place for a B3, although 1943 model Aeros did have similar straps.

I am now wondering whether its a "put together job", perhaps in the theatre by ground crew who wanted a convert a D1 into a B3 or its as you say John, immediate post war civi, but with a B3 label borrowed from a 1942 B-3. The lack of chest snaps, sleeve reinforcements and machine sewn label all point to a rather strange beast.