Interesting [Original] Field-Modified JA Dubow A2

[JonnyCrow]

on Facebook someone wrote that the collar comes from an English flight suit

Looks like a Sidcot collar yep

 

[Brettafett]

I'm not saying it's a LW jacket, just the spec label. BTW, original 27798's also used OD thread that fades to a light khaki as in the photos. Maybe someone took an original and mucked this up? Anyones guess.

Yes, this is what I recon.

 

[fleet16b]

The detachable collar look to from a Deacon( Canadian) Flight suit not a Sidcoy Flight suit
Pretty much identical

 

[Wz1999]

Mystery solved

If the FB post is true, the grandfather handed the jacket down. LW would not be around then, making repro Dubows.
Taht jackets old, cracking on the shoulders.
My LW had a dark thread, almost seal brown. This jacket has authentic khaki thread, with the label looking like od, again, rather authentic.
The 1 was there on the label, one can see the stitch hole.
Original leather name tag missing. Rank tab stitch holes on epaulets.
Whether art is from WW2 or not, I guess one could contact the owner...
My moneys on that being and original, albeit modified.

 

[Chandler]

Solved or deepened?

 

[FlakMagnet]

Mystery solved

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I was just reading the thread (no pun intended) on Facebook just a while ago!

 

[mulceber]

Judging by the size of the pockets, the jacket's a pretty small size. I wonder if they didn't have any more spec labels with the correct size on them, and so they used a spec label with the wrong size, folded it over to conceal the size, and attached a size label below it like they would on any other A-2 contract.

 

[Wz1999]

Judging by the size of the pockets, the jacket's a pretty small size. I wonder if they didn't have any more spec labels with the correct size on them, and so they used a spec label with the wrong size, folded it over to conceal the size, and attached a size label below it like they would on any other A-2 contract.

I spoke to the owner of this jacket this afternoon. Unfortunately, the white size label inside the pocket is missing. My guess is that Dubow had shortage of smaller size labels so they used the lager size label and fold the bottom.

 

[Juanito]

Mystery solved

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Now that is a variation I have never seen. One learns something new everyday.