Nice Bronco size 42 with nose art

[Anonymous]

http://cgi.ebay.com/WWII-B-17-Lady-Gay- ... 9301071061 Looks to be in good wearable condition.

 

[dmar836]

I wouldn't want my wife wearing it out but it is pretty sharp.

 

[442RCT]

I always like seeing pics of original painted ladies in color.
This jacket looks like the work of a professional artist, lines are crisp and clean.
Great looking jacket.

 

[Anonymous]

It's amazing,
All the jackets shown in the collection are.

 

[dmar836]

I cannot believe the price for a jacket with no provenance. Proof of it selling at a 20 yr old auction is NOT provenance.
Obviously a genuine A-2 but when was that art work done?
No name tag? No squadron patch? No history at all - not even a story of who once had it? To me not the signs of a proud enough flier to get that paint job.
JMO,
Dave

 

[442RCT]

I cannot believe the price for a jacket with no provenance. Proof of it selling at a 20 yr old auction is NOT provenance.
Obviously a genuine A-2 but when was that art work done?
No name tag? No squadron patch? No history at all - not even a story of who once had it? To me not the signs of a proud enough flier to get that paint job.
JMO,
Dave

There's a posting in 2006 about the 'Lady Gay' in armyairforces.com forum:
http://forum.armyairforces.com/Looking-for-crewmembers-of-ERaticator-or-Lady-Gay-m85448.aspx

...the Lady Gay in the 730th of the 452nd BG(H)

Also have a pic of 6165's art from FlyPast magazine where the name "Lady Gay" in block letters is partially visible with some sort of black cloud background. It is in an article talking about 1LT Mike Prestia's recollections of the 452nd's "Maximum Effort" on 24 DEC 44. I haven't scanned that one in yet, but am attaching a photo of their Jacket art shared with me by the Tail gunner's son. Cool stuff!

The picture posted appears to be the same artwork and jacket sold on eBay, (it's hard to tell because of the the low resolution and size of the pic).

 

[RCSignals]

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The picture posted appears to be the same artwork and jacket sold on eBay, (it's hard to tell because of the the low resolution and size of the pic).

Looks the same to me. This should be the link to the photo there.
http://forum.armyairforces.com/download ... le=0;94814

 

[442RCT]

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The picture posted appears to be the same artwork and jacket sold on eBay, (it's hard to tell because of the the low resolution and size of the pic).

Looks the same to me. This should be the link to the photo there.
http://forum.armyairforces.com/download ... le=0;94814

Thanks, that artwork is pretty sophisticated and highly detailed. It looks pretty original in my opinion.

 

[dmar836]

Oh, looks very nice and looks real to me as well. A primo jacket for sure from a crew that obviously existed. BUT I'm just surprised people are willing to spend that much without anything else to add to it's history. It's just that I would absolutely have to have some other info about the wearer for that amount of cash.
Might be neat to do the magnifying glass test to see the pigment fissures, etc.
Thanks for the added info.
Dave

 

[Anonymous]

wow what a price
wonder if anyone in here won it.