Interesting Grumman technicans M422A jacket

[chrgod2]

This vintage Navy jacket has an interesting name patch from the Grumman aircraft manufacter.

http://cgi.ebay.com/WW2-Vintage-Gru...oryZ4729QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

The seller does not picture the spec tag, but states that it is a M422A.

To me, the shape of the pocket flaps is a bit odd.. I thought all M422As, like the earliest G-1s had nice scalloped flaps

Cool name patch, though! Maybe it has belonged to a test pilot.

 

[Roughwear]

I think the seller was right first time. It's a G1, not an M422a jacket. The curved pocket flaps suggest '50s or '60s and the Scovill zipper (which may of course be a replacement) suggests '60s. Where the surface of the leather is worn away it looks a bit like cardboard and is not of the quality of wartime goatskin naval jackets.

 

[Peter Graham]

Looks to me like a 50's G-1. It has USN stencilled under the collar. A 60's jacket would have the perforated windflap.

 

[Roughwear]

Looks to me like a 50's G-1. It has USN stencilled under the collar. A 60's jacket would have the perforated windflap.

Peter there are '60s G1s on JC's CD without the perforated windflap. The jacket may well be from the G-1 MIL-J-7823D series of jackets which were made around 1968-1972 and the switch from Conmar to Scovill zippers happened during this contract. This assumes the zipper is the original one!

 

[chrgod2]

Interesting, thanks for the answers.