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

[ES335]

When you wore a tie into combat with the Luftwaffe...

 

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Plexi windscreen in '27?" Hmmm...

 

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[Micawber]

RAF tail gunner next to the tail gun turret on a Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Bomber - April 1940

LIFE Magazine Archives - William Vandivert Photographer.

 

[B-Man2]

You can tell that there wasn’t any heat in that tail gunner position

 

[ES335]

I was going to ask if that was some sort of cable for a heated suit component, or an intercom. Brrrrrr!

 

[bseal]

And yes, that’s John’s… um, grandfather. The resemblance is just uncanny.

 

[Micawber]

I was going to ask if that was some sort of cable for a heated suit component, or an intercom. Brrrrrr!

You mean the cable and plug in his hand? If so that is part of the Comms system. While they did introduce heated Irvin suits the wiring and plugs were different.

 

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[flyincowboy]

Aussie spitfire pilots good hunting mate

 

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