Grumman F3F-2 training 1941

[dujardin]

just discover those nice photos on facebook

 

[Technonut2112]

Great pics.. The USN 37J1B was a sharp-looking jacket. I picked up W&G's version (NA-1) awhile back, and have been wearing it often lately since the weather has been cooling down. VERY comfortable to wear. The jacket belonged to a couple of other forum members previously. I seriously doubt I'll ever sell it in the foreseeable future...

 

[dujardin]

nice looking jacket, and good fit

 

[Rutger]

Darn, I may have to get me one of those. All those years of collecting Air Farce jackets.....

 

[Jason]

Nice pictures Marcel!
Might be tempted to get a 37J1 myself now. Good looking jacket for sure.

 

[Thomas Koehle]

nice pics - nice jacket also

 

[SuinBruin]

Nice pics, Marcel. The 37J1 is a great jacket, I love my Real McCoy's version. It's a lot easier to find a repro now than it was a few years ago, too.

 

[Thomas Koehle]

nice jacket - what are those 2 grommets for at the bottom of the zipper?

 

[Technonut2112]

nice jacket - what are those 2 grommets for at the bottom of the zipper?

Thanks.. I'm not really certain what the grommets are for. I assume that they are included to replicate the attachments for the Hookless type zippers originally used during that time period.

Regarding the W&G version... I've read before that some folks discounted the type of stencil used for the 'USN' as incorrect. One can see from the period photo above, that the lettering is 'blocky' in comparison. Well, it appears the W&G stenciling can now be considered correct. I ran across this photo taken in 1937, which is VERY close:

 

[Thomas Koehle]

concerning the grommets I just realized that the USN garment (class a bell-bottoms) also have grommets - with that type of clothes it was meant to pull a drawstring through it and tie stuff that belongs to one sailor together to not get lost during laundry - maybe the grommets on the jacket are kinda "leftover" from this practice?????