M-421A named to pilot from Bunker Hill and Essex (with pics)

[Curahee]

Great find indeed ! on a side note why do you think they stopped making the M-421A after 1950 ? since almost every campaign the US was involved in after this date were in hot/humid climates.

 

[deeb7]

Great find indeed ! on a side note why do you think they stopped making the M-421A after 1950 ?

Your new Full Gear book shows the succession through to the MIL-J-7758B 1961/2.

John Chapman notes ...

This jacket is a newer version of the M-421A cloth jacket. The Navy had still been making cloth summer-weight jackets in some form up to the 1970's.

 

[Curahee]

Great find indeed ! on a side note why do you think they stopped making the M-421A after 1950 ?

Your new Full Gear book shows the succession through to the MIL-J-7758B 1961/2.

John Chapman notes ...

This jacket is a newer version of the M-421A cloth jacket. The Navy had still been making cloth summer-weight jackets in some form up to the 1970's.

Your are absolutely right...didn't have it with me at work so....

 

[bazelot]

The M-421A is really rare jacket in any condition. I've owned 3 of them. The first one was mint and named to a USMC pilot. I sold it to JC and I have been kicking myself in the nuts ever since then. Those jackets rarely come up on Ebay, especially a named one. The reason why they are rare is that unlike the M-422A they were disposable jackets in a way and most of them were thrown away.