Teddy
Well-Known Member
So I have been obsessed with Major Richard Winters' A2 since my brain registered A2 as a special thing over a year ago. Funny how when I watched Band of Brothers as a kid, I never paid extra attention to the A2 jackets or the Corcoran jump boots but more to the rifles.
Wanting to know the details of this jacket, I've even contacted 2 museums that display some of Winters' uniforms. Neither has the A2. So I've consulted Andrew privately, who believes it to be a Dubow. But being the critical thinker I am, I'd also like to make my judgement and went through all the repro sites I could find and studied a bit more as a way for me to learn more about the different A2 contracts. Let's say I'm studying secondary resources given the lack of primary resources at hand haha. My conclusion below might be wrong so do let me know what you think!
Here it goes:
This photo below shows the more curved pocket flaps and it looks very much like the iconic Dubow 27798 pocket flap. But there might be a small chance it's a Rough Wear. The jacket is a seal version and there seems to have been some repair work done by Winters on the cuffs or the knit? The position of his name tag and regiment badge are the same as in the last photo below when Winters wore his new jacket in 1942, but the 101st Screaming Eagle and Airborne patches on the left shoulder were added later when 506th became part of the 101st Airborne.
This photo reveals a lot about the jacket because of the gigantic rectangular box on the epaulet and the shape of the collar tip. Must have been a Dubow since Rough Wear does not have such gigantic boxes, nor do other contracts that came out before 1942.
This photo, because of the filtering, actually confused me of the color of the leather but I decided to base the color on the first photo. A seal and most likely not a russet.
Here's Lt. Winters showing off his new leather jacket after qualifying for paratrooper as an officer. Since he joined 506th Regiment in Tocoa in the summer of July 1942 (might be wrong here), and Dubow 27798 came out in April 1942, I made the conclusion that it's highly likely that Winters wore a seal Dubow 27798.
Like Andrew, I believe it's a Dubow and I go further to speculate it's a Dubow 27798. This is the reason I went for a seal Dubow with Platon's new company. I've admired Winters since I first learned about him in the TV series so I want a jacket that's based on the same pattern he wore.
Wanting to know the details of this jacket, I've even contacted 2 museums that display some of Winters' uniforms. Neither has the A2. So I've consulted Andrew privately, who believes it to be a Dubow. But being the critical thinker I am, I'd also like to make my judgement and went through all the repro sites I could find and studied a bit more as a way for me to learn more about the different A2 contracts. Let's say I'm studying secondary resources given the lack of primary resources at hand haha. My conclusion below might be wrong so do let me know what you think!
Here it goes:
This photo below shows the more curved pocket flaps and it looks very much like the iconic Dubow 27798 pocket flap. But there might be a small chance it's a Rough Wear. The jacket is a seal version and there seems to have been some repair work done by Winters on the cuffs or the knit? The position of his name tag and regiment badge are the same as in the last photo below when Winters wore his new jacket in 1942, but the 101st Screaming Eagle and Airborne patches on the left shoulder were added later when 506th became part of the 101st Airborne.
This photo reveals a lot about the jacket because of the gigantic rectangular box on the epaulet and the shape of the collar tip. Must have been a Dubow since Rough Wear does not have such gigantic boxes, nor do other contracts that came out before 1942.
This photo, because of the filtering, actually confused me of the color of the leather but I decided to base the color on the first photo. A seal and most likely not a russet.
Here's Lt. Winters showing off his new leather jacket after qualifying for paratrooper as an officer. Since he joined 506th Regiment in Tocoa in the summer of July 1942 (might be wrong here), and Dubow 27798 came out in April 1942, I made the conclusion that it's highly likely that Winters wore a seal Dubow 27798.
Like Andrew, I believe it's a Dubow and I go further to speculate it's a Dubow 27798. This is the reason I went for a seal Dubow with Platon's new company. I've admired Winters since I first learned about him in the TV series so I want a jacket that's based on the same pattern he wore.
