Nice period photos (all jackets except A-2's)

[JCLO]

Love the layers of awesomeness!

 

[JCLO]

This pilot had a bad day...
A blind landing

Wow!

 

[Flightengineer]

 

[Lorenzo_l]

What a character. Larger than life.....

 

[Smithy]

What's interesting is that after the Battle of France, fighter boys very seldom wore Irvins whilst flying. They were almost exclusively reserved for being worn on the ground for warmth by that stage.

For example, the winter of '44/'45 was very cold on the Continent and the RAF issued Irvins to fighter squadrons based there purely for wearing on the ground to keep warm on the rudimentary bases the 2 TAF were flying from.

 

[VeraVoulik]

Seems I will need a B-3 soon

 

[Kermit3D]

 

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Kurt Bühligen

 

[Kermit3D]

 

[Kermit3D]

Sergeant Lincoln Orville Lynch DFM, a West Indian air gunner serving with No. 102 Squadron, by the rear turret of his Halifax at RAF Pocklington, February 1944

 

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[Micawber]

Monty....

 

[Grant]

Not quite sure why did dude's attaching a corsage to the pitot probe of a Blenheim, but it's a nice clear photo of his Irvin!

 

[Kermit3D]

This photo shows the wide variety of jackets worn by German pilots. We can see among others several types of cyclist jackets and a B-3.

 

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