German leather flight jackets

[Kermit3D]

Hello and thx.
Happy to help you out.
We sell them 380 Euro/ set plus DHL shipping. Only 3 sets for spare sales left.
Please let us know

Can I ask how these buckles are made ?

 

[Pilot]

Can I ask how these buckles are made ?

No idea, did not make them... got them in a pack.

 

[Kermit3D]

They are really exact copies of what existed in the 30s and 40s. It's really a niche market! (not sure it's correct to say that in English)

 

[Pilot]

They are really exact copies of what existed in the 30s and 40s. It's really a niche market! (not sure it's correct to say that in English)

Thanks...

 

[Enigma1938]

The buckle itself is pretty easy to produce. The difficulty is the art deco pattern at the front.

 

[SydneyCollectorGuy]

There were plenty sergeant pilots in the Royal Air Force.

That there was......but The Brass were the "gentlemen of means" who dictated the grooming standards
The Americans didn't have the same aristocratic underpinnings that European forces had at the time (since they didn't have class and feudal systems that still stayed strong in Europe until the end of WW2)

 

[Werff Roenne]

Hello and thx.
Happy to help you out.
We sell them 380 Euro/ set plus DHL shipping. Only 3 sets for spare sales left.
Please let us know

Thanks for the quick turnaround, will definitively consider.

Best regards

Svend

 

[Pilot]

Thanks for the quick turnaround, will definitively consider.

Best regards

Svend

Hi
Thx. for your interest.
No more spares available... all sold in a glimpse!
The ones we have left, are all needed for our jacket production.
For the time beeing, not avalaible as spares anymore.

 

[Werff Roenne]

Hi
Thx. for your interest.
No more spares available... all sold in a glimpse!
The ones we have left, are all needed for our jacket production.
For the time beeing, not avalaible as spares anymore.

well, that settles it then. Thank you nevertheless.

 

[Pilot]

well, that settles it then. Thank you nevertheless.

Thx for your understanding.

 

[dinomartino1]

Lufttransportgeschwader LTG 61 air transport wing patches

 

[Pilot]

A few jumps out of their C-160 Transall over Pensing and Schongau in early 80ies..

 

[Chandler]

Lufttransportgeschwader LTG 61 air transport wing patches

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I've got one of these in storage. Bought off eBay many years back from someone who couldn't translate sizes. Probably a 42, not a 44.

Never took the time to relist it -- have to excavate for it and get some pics.

I thought mine had rank epaulets..?

 

[hs132]

Good question;
the only “ decorated” jackets worn by LW pilots, I saw in photos were US AAF B-3 and one A-2. Never saw a decorated ( non AAF jacket ) on a WW2 LW pilot.

Hello, I also had the same questions about a painted or patched non A2 jacket. JG3 Sturmgruppe had a set of “eyes” painted on their left breast. Their attack on enemy aircraft was held back until they could “see the whites of their eyes”. Here is Uffz Vivroux, Lt Unger and Lt Mueller. It’s possible Ungers sleeve rank is also painted on. I’m still searching for more pics. Best, Bill Bourque

 

[hs132]

Hello, some follow up. Lt Mueller survived the war. And he kept his A2. He swapped flight jackets with a shot down B17 pilot on the same day he had a forced FW landing. The painted eyes and sleeve insignia wore off. It now resides in a collection. Best, Bill