New to the forum - G1 Jacket 7823(AER) size 40

[Albert1]

Dear All,

My first post on this wonderful forum full of great people and jackets alike!

Unlike many of you, I am not a jacket collector but I have always wanted to get myself a nice one, preferably original and with a bit of history to tell. This is by chance that I bumped into this one… It fits me like a glove, it looks good and based on the mountain of information which I have been able to find on the forum, it has also a bit of history.

I would love to hear from you with any comment you have about the jacket and perhaps also its pedigree. From my research, it fits quite well within the Korean War era as evidenced by the Air Task Group 1 and VF-12 Tustodes Pacis Armis patches and what I believe to be a CAG-11 marking. about the latter, I have not been able to find many exemples available for comparison on the net. Its construction looks to be fairly early but I might be wrong. please do let me know if you think otherwise.

Many thanks and… keep on with the good work

best wishes

Alex

 

[Erwin]

Great jacket, any ex-owner name marked inside the chest pocket? Fantastic rare example of VF-12 patch, looks like you are aware of how great this jacket is, patches make this piece unique]. However this is not a jacket from the Korean war - this contract FOSTER SPORTSWEAR CO, INC. CONTRACT N383-22356A was made after the war. ATG-1 deployments can be found here https://www.seaforces.org/usnair/CVW/ATG-1.htm

Wear and enjoy this cool piece Alex, do not sell as it would be not possible to get a jacket like this one

 

[mulceber]

Air Task Group 1 and VF-12 Tustodes Pacis Armis

Just as a heads-up, the patch reads "Custodes," with a C. Custodes Pacis Armis means "guardians of peace through weapons."

 

[Thomas Koehle]

Absolutely splendid jacket!

Congratulations for the find - keep her in good hands ...

 

[Smithy]

Welcome aboard Alex and lovely jacket!

 

[Brettafett]

Welcome, nice jacket. That is a good pedigree.

One day when you have some time, grab a hot beverage of choice and read through this.
Painstaking put together by some of the lads here.

“A Better Fighting Garment…” 2.0 - A Revised Guide to the U.S. Navy's Intermediate Leather Flight Jackets

PREFACE In December 2021 Jan, Wei and I posted a thread entitled “A Better Fighting Garment…” - A Beginner’s Guide to the US Navy’s WWII-era and later Intermediate Flight Jackets. We wanted to fill a gap in the knowledge base on the forum and the thread was written as a “Beginners Guide”. We...

www.vintageleatherjackets.org

 

[Lorenzo_l]

Welcome aboard, Alex. And btw, that is a very nice G-1 that you have there, not least because of the patches. Good start.

 

[mulceber]

Oh yeah, I forgot to say, awesome jacket, and welcome aboard!

 

[B-Man2]

Welcome here !
Nice first post and a great looking G-1

 

[Albert1]

Thank you gents for the nice comments and warm welcome.

Little knowledge is always a dangerous thing but it looks like I had a good flair with this G1.

Thank you Brettafett for the useful link. What an incredible piece of work! The level of details is impressive and the contents simply fascinating. And no time to get the kettle on for that hot beverage, the whole thing is too thrilling

Alex

 

[Ritchy]

Nice jacket Alex, welcome aboard