75th fighter squadron rough wear

[Silver Surfer]

here are some pix of my original rough wear a-2, 75th fg jacket named to b. barnum, whom i believe was a group captain. i thought that it might be interesting to see the patch placement on and early cbi a-2, as there was a thread recently about avg patch placement. though this jacket is not and avg jacket, the 75th was rolled out of the 2nd [panda bears] avg pursuit squadron into the 75th when the us officially entered the war.

 

[Lebowski]

Sounds interesting Victor, but where are the pix?)

 

[Grant]

Duh! posted them on the wrong chain!

 

[Brettafett]

Still great! Thanks for posting Grant!

 

[Silver Surfer]

many thanx, grant, for getting the pix up.

 

[Stony]

Nice A-2 in great shape.

 

[Tom Bowers]

I love CBI jackets and that one is a stunner, thanks for sharing with us

 

[Lebowski]

What a jacket! It looks unbelievable!

 

[Garylafortuna]

Hot damn that is sweet. Made my day.

 

[Bombing IP]

QUOTE "Duh! posted them on the wrong chain! " QUOTE

Who cares its a wonderful posting thanks Grant !


BIP

 

[B-Man2]

That’s UFB......!!!!!
Beautiful jacket ...... congrats...

 

[taikonaut]

Was the patch a later addition to the jacket? Just going by the patina on the jacket in relation the patches.

 

[Lorenzo_l]

What a gem of a jacket. Probably too important a piece of history to be worn! It deserves it's own space in a top history museum.

 

[Dover]

Whoa what a sweet jacket! Love those patches....helluva find!!

 

[Silver Surfer]

because the the rw 1401-p contract was finished in veg aniline, just about all that j have seen, and, or, handled, have a lot of surface wear, and are kinda splotchy [patina]. the wear on the patches is consistent with the wear on the hides. there is a slightly darker ghost on the hides around the patches. where i was able to lift a small area of the patches i found that the hide underneath to be darker yet. i do wear it on rare occasions.

 

[Brettafett]

This is a spectacular example... Assume that Blood Chit period-authentic?

 

[Silver Surfer]

yup

 

[Ken at Aero Leather]

Duh! posted them on the wrong chain!

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Best I've seen in quite a while

 

[Ken at Aero Leather]

Assume that Blood Chit period-authentic?

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[johnwayne]

Arguably a holy grail A2, very very nice!!