Jennison
Well-Known Member
The following was taken from the 457th Group Association website:
"Upon arrival at the 749th Squadron in May 1944, we immediately noticed something different from anything we had experienced before...the men wore all types of outfits. Most wore A2 jackets as the outer cover. These A2 jackets were painted with all kinds of things……bombs on the front of jacket, and pictures of a airplanes or perhaps a girl on the back. We immediately felt a little out of place with our shiny new A2 jackets that had just been issued in Kearney Nebraska a couple weeks before." -Richard Gibbs, 749th Bomb Squadron.
Neat statement. It's interesting that these new guys were issued A-2s in the Spring of 1944. Does anyone know when the Limited Standard order was fully implemented, or if it was even? It sure is confusing!
"Upon arrival at the 749th Squadron in May 1944, we immediately noticed something different from anything we had experienced before...the men wore all types of outfits. Most wore A2 jackets as the outer cover. These A2 jackets were painted with all kinds of things……bombs on the front of jacket, and pictures of a airplanes or perhaps a girl on the back. We immediately felt a little out of place with our shiny new A2 jackets that had just been issued in Kearney Nebraska a couple weeks before." -Richard Gibbs, 749th Bomb Squadron.
Neat statement. It's interesting that these new guys were issued A-2s in the Spring of 1944. Does anyone know when the Limited Standard order was fully implemented, or if it was even? It sure is confusing!
