WW2 original color photos

[Smithy]

Do we know what jacket Chennault had?

Aero 16160.

 

[Chandler]

I believe Chennault's A-2 was and still may be displayed at the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. Talk about "patina"... Whew!

Good Wear Leather Coat Company — A-2 Good Wear Acme Leather W535-ac-16160

www.goodwearleather.com

Speak of the devil.

I wonder if it's the same jacket he was originally issued when he was in the AAC? Since the Aero was a '41 contract, probably not -- which makes me wonder if it wasn't a second (or third) jacket he had in China.

There's an image of him with the "flying trapeze" partners as a captain in an A-2, but it's difficult to see past the parachute harness -- someone might recognize the pocket flap shape.

1934 picture here at Wiki under Early Military Career:

Claire Lee Chennault - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Pa12]

I believe Chennault's A-2 was and still may be displayed at the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. Talk about "patina"... Whew!

I can believe that. Remember a picture of him and it was hard to tell where the face stopped and the leather jacket started. Tough lookin dude.

 

[mulceber]

@Chandler if it's this one, it looks like a Werber to me:

 

[ausreenactor]

Artistic license.

I instantly thought the same thing... Maybe some appreciation that it is coloured at least...

 

[Chandler]

@Chandler if it's this one, it looks like a Werber to me:

That's the one.

 

[mulceber]

Realized after I posted the photo that there's a much easier way to identify the jacket: the photo's from 1934. At that point there was only one contract with snaps on the pockets - the Werber 1729.

 

[Micawber]

 

[Wz1999]

Realized after I posted the photo that there's a much easier way to identify the jacket: the photo's from 1934. At that point there was only one contract with snaps on the pockets - the Werber 1729.

Here is another pic of him wearing the same A2 （1729）

 

[mulceber]

Here is another pic of him wearing the same A2 （1729）
View attachment 85240

Man, and to think people complain that Rough Wear collars are huge. That Werber collar could double as a spare pair of wings for the plane.

Jokes aside, the graining on that one looks great!

 

[Chandler]

Here is another pic of him wearing the same A2 （1729）
View attachment 85240

He looks like he's weighing in around 120 lbs!

 

[ES335]

He looks like he's weighing in around 120 lbs!

About 120 lbs of "next time, get 'em all!"

 

[Chandler]

About 120 lbs of "next time, get 'em all!"

No fast food on every corner in 1934. If only I could be a svelte 120!

 

[Kermit3D]

Group of officers and men discuss logistics April 1942

 

[Kermit3D]

Window view inside the Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft "Times A-Wastin'," November 2, 1944. Photographs of Lieutenant Wyth's wife are on display.

 

[Kermit3D]

 

[Kermit3D]

British Army telephonist A L Reeve with a pet monkey, at a jungle airfield in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), 14th January 1945.

 

[Kermit3D]

A member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force picks holly with two American airmen in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress.

 

[Kermit3D]

Airmen of the 388th Bomb Group climb aboard their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30793) nicknamed "Tom Paine" before a mission.

 

[Kermit3D]