Agree on all the speculation. There are many PP jackets and looking at the hardware is a first-line activity to help ID the era - it's just often inconclusive. Again, not that it didn't happen on some unique occasions, but there is nothing but a blog or forum-style post in the wiki quote and the German A-2 has no provenance and could have been made anywhere, anytime - not just when and where the hardware originated. And our P-47s got all the German horses.
JMO,
Dave
P.S. Sure not criticizing Burt as this is a great holy grail to hunt. I'm sure there is a story or two of an A-2 being commissioned but it sure would be nice to at least find a vet's story about it even if the jacket is long gone.
JMO,
Dave
P.S. Sure not criticizing Burt as this is a great holy grail to hunt. I'm sure there is a story or two of an A-2 being commissioned but it sure would be nice to at least find a vet's story about it even if the jacket is long gone.
