Looking for info on B-15A Jacket

[Dean76GP]

I recently discovered an old flight jacket in my basement. How it got there is a mystery, but I think my parents bought it for me at an Army surplus store in the mid-1960's. It's a B-15A, size 34, USAAF. The tag says Cont. No. 33-038, 45-8966. I took it to a dry cleaner and they sent it to a leather expert to clean it. It survived the cleaning none the worse for wear. There are quite a few little holes in the cuffs and waistband fabric, which the cleaner said were moth holes. I spent $60 getting it cleaned. Is it worth at least that much? I see them on eBay and people are asking crazy money. I'm not trying to retire on the money I get for this thing, if I even find somebody that would want to buy it.

 

[mulceber]

Nice B-15A. Definitely worth someone money, and definitely more than you spent dry cleaning it. The downside is it’s a small size, so not many prospective buyers will be able to wear it. But no, the people you’re seeing on eBay aren’t dreaming with the prices they’re asking.

 

[B-Man2]

You’ve struck it rich!!

 

[Dean76GP]

You’ve struck it rich!!

LOL. I would be thrilled to make $200 profit, which is about what I make in a day delivering food for the pizza store where I work.

 

[B-Man2]

LOL. I would be thrilled to make $200 profit, which is about what I make in a day delivering food for the pizza store where I work.

If it’s an original WWII military issued jacket which it looks to be then that jacket is easily worth more than $200.
But you have to find a small guy that wears a 34 and who collects flight jackets . There used to be a couple here but I think that they’ve moved on. But that jacket is easily worth $500-600 to the right person , if there’s no other issues with it .

 

[Dean76GP]

If it’s an original WWII military issued jacket which it looks to be then that jacket is easily worth more than $200.
But you have to find a small guy that wears a 34 and who collects flight jackets . There used to be a couple here but I think that they’ve moved on. But that jacket is easily worth $500-600 to the right person , if there’s no other issues with it .

So maybe I should post it on a midgets forum? But they might want to only pay me half as much because they're half as big.

 

[B-Man2]

So maybe I should post it on a midgets forum? But they might want to only pay me half as much because they're half as big.

Well … I’d say that you just alienated anyone from that group from buying your jacket …

 

[Dean76GP]

Well, when I first found the thing a couple months agoand saw how small it was I figured it was probably for a ball turret gunner. They were usually really small men. If you're not sure what a ball turret is, they're under the bottoms of B-17's and B-24's. A few other planes as well.

 

[mulceber]

Don’t worry, the folks on this board are very familiar with aircraft.