A Real Leather WWII Bomber Jacket

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/38064181580...l?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=380641815807&_rdc=1

 

[Roughwear]

This jacket has been regularly re-listed. I wonder why? :lol: :lol:

 

[GoodTimesGone]

It's a nice vintage (probably late '40s to '50s) jacket if you're a small size, but of course the price is way too high. I regularly see flight jackets on ebay that claim to be WWII. I'm surprised at how many people think an A-2 is military issue just because the label says "A-2, USAF, or Air Force". Do they really think a bomber jacket that's obviously from the '80s was manufactured in the early '40s? (In some cases they're bluffing to make a sale, but some are simply naive.)
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Tom

 

[Jeff M]

It's a nice vintage (probably late '40s to '50s) jacket if you're a small size, but of course the price is way too high. I regularly see flight jackets on ebay that claim to be WWII. I'm surprised at how many people think an A-2 is military issue just because the label says "A-2, USAF, or Air Force". Do they really think a bomber jacket that's obviously from the '80s was manufactured in the early '40s? (In some cases they're bluffing to make a sale, but some are simply naive.)
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Tom

Tom...how can you tell is is a vintage 1940's or 50's jacket from that one photo?
My first thought was "cheap repro with synthetic shearling lining".

I assume that is a mouton collar. Never seen M422/G1 military issue WW2 jacket with shearling lining...let alone made out of FQHH.

I contacted the seller.
They replied their father wore this jacket during WW2, that there is no manufacturer label. (Doesn't seem to be labeled with regular jacket size either...ie "42")
I noted that FQHH jackets generally have a label stating as such in them. He replied there was such a label.
I've asked for more pictures....including that label...and noted that military jackets did/do NOT have a FQHH label. This was done by civilian manufacturers.
If a real WW2 military issue bomber jacket, it looks to be a one of a kind and from what I can tell from the one poor photo in amazing shape! :lol:

 

[GoodTimesGone]

I've seen several vintage FQHH jackets with the top 3/4 of the lining in shearling and the lower quarter in silk or rayon. I currently own a front quarter horsehide jacket by Fidelity Sportswear with the same exact lining. In the lower left of the the seller's pic you can see a label on the lining which is most likely the "Genuine Horsehide Front Quarter" label. I'm 99% sure that's a vintage civilian jacket with a genuine shearling lining, but I'm 100% sure that's no military flight jacket.
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Tom

 

[Jeff M]

I've seen several vintage FQHH jackets with the top 3/4 of the lining in shearling and the lower quarter in silk or rayon. I currently own a front quarter horsehide jacket by Fidelity Sportswear with the same exact lining. In the lower left of the the seller's pic you can see a label on the lining which is most likely the "Genuine Horsehide Front Quarter" label. I'm 99% sure that's a vintage civilian jacket with a genuine shearling lining, but I'm 100% sure that's no military flight jacket.
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Tom

Thanks.
The seller said there is no maker label in the jacket. That the case with yours?