COOL

[Chandler]

Yup,the humble D-1 is still a cool jacket!

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Don't recognize the cap badge -- Polish?

 

[leper-colony]

Don't recognize the cap badge -- Polish?

Band insignia?

 

[Chandler]

Band insignia?
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Even the band gets cool equipment? Can't be easy marching in those boots.

(yeah, I know, big assumption that he's in a *marching* band )

 

[Johnnie Espresso]

Must be this one.....for me, it's the Ramones Logo

 

[Chandler]

Must be this one.....

Yeah... but it's not.

 

[bseal]

So much grain on that jacket.

Horween.

 

[ausreenactor]

Horween.

War-ween....

 

[Spitfireace]

squadron COMMANDER .............. he's a kid!!!!! Those were some interesting times!!!!!

Thousand yard stare.

 

[Grant]

Cool looking jacket Lieutenant Colonel James Averell Clark is wearing, but what is it?
Could it be just a civi jacket with one pocket missing, or a variant of the ANJ3 with a snap pocket closure and USN type internal wind flap? Photo taken April, 1944.

 

[Brettafett]

Ha! That looks like AVI's ANJ-3 with a pocket missing lol

 

[Grant]

With the remaining pocket having a snap closure, I'm leaning towards this being a civilian purchase jacket. Just a guess!

 

[Micawber]

Nice jacket that, I see there are a couple of holes or snags in the cuff.

 

[Grant]

Looks like Lieutenant Colonel James Averell Clark was quite the badass.He received his wings as a member of the Royal Air Force before joining the Eagle Squadrons early in 1942. Transferring to the U.S. Army Air Forces in September 1942, he became World War II DOUBLE ACE, credited with shooting down 10.5 enemy aircraft in aerial combat.Here's another famous color photo showing him wearing the jacket with Don Gentile and other 4th FG/334thFS members which he commanded. Notice the beautiful chocolate brown color of his jacket.

 

[mulceber]

Really liking the guy in the photo (second from the left in front) who looks to be wearing a B-10 over an A-2. Somebody did not want to choose!

Agree on the identification of Clark's jacket - probably a private purchase jacket, given the snaps.

 

[Grant]

Yeah, not to mention the Hershey bar Talon puller - that's an early Talon I've never seen on an ANJ3.

 

[Lorenzo_l]

What a group photo, not to mention the jackets. Is that John Godfrey to Clark's right?

 

[Micawber]

Pretty well known photo that, full of lots of detail.

 

[Brettafett]

What a group photo, not to mention the jackets. Is that John Godfrey to Clark's right?

Yes, thats a who's-who of the 4th!
Thats James Goodson to Clark's right, Gentile on his left. Other well known faces on all sides
I love all the jacket variants.

 

[Grant]

Pretty well known photo that, full of lots of detail.

Yeah, makes me praying to the weather Gods for B-10 and B3 weather. Hells, I may even try the B-10 over an A-2 look!

 

[Grant]

Speaking of cool, always loved this angle of Gentile and his P-51.