Lots of bomber crew NCOs issues A-2s.Officers only … not enlisted troops.
Yep .. spot on with NCOs in bombers but that was the Army Air Corp. not in the airborne units . It was rank has it privileges .Lots of bomber crew NCOs issues A-2s.
Not sure about paratroops.
Simply cool to see the same jacket in ww2 and many decades later. The replaced knits indicates that Mr. Winters took good care of his Jacket.
Just thinking about other ranks in the AAF -- weren't there a lot of fighter pilots who were Warrant Officers? So, not really officers, per se, but issued A-2s (just thinking beyond bomber crews).Yep .. spot on with NCOs in bombers but that was the Army Air Corp.
I think you’re right. Also seen lots of liaison pilots in a-2s. Weren’t most of them sargents?Just thinking about other ranks in the AAF -- weren't there a lot of fighter pilots who were Warrant Officers? So, not really officers, per se, but issued A-2s (just thinking beyond bomber crews).
Didn't Yeager start out just below Second Lieutenant?
Yeah, I just brought up crews other than bomber crews because it got me thinking.All true but …. I thought we were talking about paratroopers ? Paratroop enlisted and NCOs were never issued A2’s . Only officers .
Enlist-men in FSSF issued A2s.All true but …. I thought we were talking about paratroopers ? Paratroop enlisted and NCOs were never issued A2’s . Only officers .
Of course that doesn’t mean that they couldn’t be traded for or private purchased but they were not authorized for those guys .
Yeah, I sort of wonder how those guys "acquired" their A-2s.Enlist-men in FSSF issued A2s.
SMEnlist-men in FSSF issued A2s.
I can't remember the book I read on the FSSF* that really got into the troubles they had outfitting their unit at the beginning -- but there was a lot of "midnight requisition" going on.I don’t ever remember seeing a 1SSF enlisted guy or non com wearing an A2 other than in the movies.
A little off the subject but…I can't remember the book I read on the FSSF that really got into the troubles they had outfitting their unit at the beginning -- but there was a lot of "midnight requisition" going on.
Sounds reminiscent of the dirty dozen.A little off the subject but…
When the 1SSF was first recruited and sent to their training area in Montana there was nothing there. They had to build their own barracks and support areas and infrastructure. In the process of doing that they used all of the “innovative procurement skills” that their unscrupulous members possessed. So I’m sure a few of them acquired A2 jackets … but once again … they weren’t issued to the enlisted or non coms .
I’m not trying to be OCD about it, so I’ve been searching the web trying to find some but nada .