Couple of nice Navy jackets, One Pre War- large pic

[oose]

Hi all,
Couple of Navy Jackets for you,

First one VB-2 Boone Guyton Dive-Bomber 1937, NAS North Island (San Diego).


VF(AW)-3


stu

 

[dujardin]

first pic is splendid
thankssssss

this is well a 37J1 jacket ????

 

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37J1A (1932) or B (1936) - OD bedford cord (ribbed) or waxed jungle cloth (leather like sheen).
Not sure if A was cord and B was waxed, or if they switched over earlier.
Pix of 37J1Bs from the movie Dive Bomber

37J1, no letter (1925) - brown capeskin, buttons, chest level pockets.

 

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frickn double posts...
anyway, read more about Boone Guyton.

Here he is test piloting the F4U-1 for Vought-Sikorsky.

 

[deeb7]

37J1A (1932) or B (1936) - OD bedford cord (ribbed) or waxed jungle cloth (leather like sheen).
Not sure if A was cord and B was waxed, or if they switched over earlier.

I hadn't heard about the waxing, the spec for the 37J1B just lists Cloth, Jungle ... the Navy's term for Bedford Cord.

 

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Going strictly by the pix and my recollection that JC was treated or impregnated for water repellency. Wax might not have been the treatment.

Recent Jungle Cloth garments - apparently it's very, very high-end stuff anymore. Waxing is offered as an option.

Thanks for keeping me honest David. You are about the only English language source on these prewar Navy specs - it's like they're beyond classified!

 

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A possible clue to Jungle Cloth!...

This site covers surface sailor gear. It quotes a Navy spec for the Special Winter Clothing Outfit, from 1939. This had a shell of blue Jungle Cloth, "made water repellent with aluminum salts."

 

[SuinBruin]

Love the cloth 37J1s, I wish there were repros easily available....

 

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Wouldn't be too hard for someone tooled up for, say, entry level tankers or B-10s.
Probably have to forego the rivet zipper and use a non-water-repellent Bedford cord.
It would have to be a limited edition though - a non-wartime piece won't sell many copies.

 

[deeb7]

Members asiamiles, and ausreenactor have both offered examples of the Japanese made repros on the forum ... they didn't exactly fly out the door.

 

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Size matters. I take a 44 myself and I couldn't have sqeezed into one.

 

[767fo]

Is the Navy jacket an Edmond Church? Thanks

 

[SuinBruin]

Members asiamiles, and ausreenactor have both offered examples of the Japanese made repros on the forum ... they didn't exactly fly out the door.

David, is there anything posted on this forum you are not aware of? :lol:

Sadly asiamiles and ausreenactor offered their jackets before I discovered my affinity for this particular model.

Buzz will probably come back around to it in a few years, then I'll pounce. Maybe. (It would be great to get one without any "USN" markings, stencils or stamps, too... living in the US, I'm a bit leery of wearing clothes suggesting I've served in the military as I haven't. "Army Air Forces" is an exception since it doesn't exist anymore and I obviously could not have flown in WWII.)

 

[asiamiles]

It would be great to get one without any "USN" markings, stencils or stamps, too... living in the US, I'm a bit leery of wearing clothes suggesting I've served in the military as I haven't.

Hard to believe that in this day and age people would even consider that someone wearing an old military jacket was actually an ex-serviceman.