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B-15 Article

Shanghai-Mayne

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A-1 or 37J1 , and similar jacket in Euro country.
 

Micawber

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No. An Irvin is what immediately springs to my mind but I'm British so perhaps that is excusable. Actually I don't think I have ever used the term bomber jacket, it also conjures up images of those awful early 70's short tartan jackets with the fake sheepskin collars and little chrome loops on the chest beloved by some teenagers and football fans in the UK back in the day.
 

warguy

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I couldn’t agree with Chandler more….first thing I think many people think of when they hear bomber jacket is a B3 or similar sheearling jacket (B6, Irvin, etc. as I dont think the general population is all that educated on flight jackets). A jacket with a Dark brown leather body and a lighter colored shearling inside is basically what the image most folks would confer when thinking about a bomber jacket. As far as the article itself is concerned, I don’t think it was very well researched or written. The author jumps from a B-15 issued in 1944, describing it as dark blue color nylon like the one worn by Marilyn Monroe completsly skipping past the fact the B-15 and B-15A were not nylon, an OD color, and missing the variations that followed with the B=15C, B-15C and B-15 D. Felt like the article was more a general discussion about fashion than the history of the B-15.
 

Shanghai-Mayne

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Not quite sure of your point? This is what you think of as a "bomber" jacket?

I guess I'd choose the B-3 if I had to pick, but I hate the term "bomber jacket" anyway.
No, sir, it’s from the definition of that word, the so called Bomber Jacket, must come with knitted waistband, make the jacket fit tight,
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warguy

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Well there you go….according to that definition, the criticisms on the title of the recent book “Bomber Boys”, (a book that illustrates original artwork on the WWII A2 jacket) must be unfounded.
 

Shanghai-Mayne

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Well there you go….according to that definition, the criticisms on the title of the recent book “Bomber Boys”, (a book that illustrates original artwork on the WWII A2 jacket) must be unfounded.
Yes sir, there is other definition, including the knit cuffs feature as well.
 

Shanghai-Mayne

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:rolleyes: Did you look up any etymology of the term? I'll bet it stems from the early '90s -- not the early '30s. ;)
Yes sir. Actually, I did. At first I have same doubt, it suppose to mean a B-3 like shearing jacket. But at the end, I decided don’t bother, simply follow the dictionary.
 

Chandler

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...suppose to mean a B-3 like shearing jacket.
Not what I meant -- meant when the term actually came into use in the English language -- I couldn't find anything solid either, but I'm pretty sure it developed much later than WW2... by people not actually familiar with the history of flight jackets.

For example, examine this particular piece of history out there for everyone to learn and carry into the future...

 

Shanghai-Mayne

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Not what I meant -- meant when the term actually came into use in the English language -- I couldn't find anything solid either, but I'm pretty sure it developed much later than WW2... by people not actually familiar with the history of flight jackets.

For example, examine this particular piece of history out there for everyone to learn and carry into the future...

I agree with you,i first saw the word appear, from article describing what young guys wearing during later 70s.
 
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