Nice pre WWII Aero A-2 - Sz 44 in the UK

[delta102uk]

Nice pre WWII Aero A-2 - Sz 44 in the UK
http://cgi.ebay.com/Original-WW2-Pre-Wa ... 19bcdb656e

 

[Roughwear]

This will go for very big money IMO. How often does a 1940 Aero come up for sale in this condition in a wearable size? It would have originally have been russet, but has been redyed at some stage, possibly in a USAF depot post war. The seller used to be a member here, Tranquilitybase.

 

[CBI]

a real nice one!

 

[Roughwear]

Sold for $1625.

 

[delta102uk]

Sold for $1625.

I take it you won it....??....

 

[Roughwear]

Now why do you think that?

 

[Roughwear]

I would have thought this jacket would have sold for more. Perhaps the football was too much of a distraction!

I notice Aero in Scotland still have one for sale and it would appear to be a very rare contract indeed. This is from their website.

One of the rarest A-2 in existence..... The 40-3785-P is a contract only recently discovered. Our research... has unearthed only one other known survivor which is in a private collection in Japan and a 1938 Aero labelled as a 1940 (I imagine that would have been one left over from the earlier contract then re-labelled as a 1940) We would be very interested to hear of any others should anyone know of one. This contract represents an interesting transition between the complex 1938 Aero A2 and the much more common 1942 jacket. Gone is the complicated zip arrangement and extra top stitching unique to the 1938 Aero, but the jacket still retains its high collar stand and offset collar. It has lost some of the body taper associated with the 1938 jacket, but still has the slim shoulder and sleeve. This makes the 40-3785-P slightly neater fitting than the later wartime jacket, but not quite as neat as the 1938.

 

[delta102uk]

Now why do you think that?

obviously un-able to identify high bidder but coincidently they had the same feedback score (860) as yourself....I asumed (wrongly) you were the winner!!

Sean K

 

[Roughwear]

Must be a coincidence Sean.

 

[deeb7]

110542677358 US $1,625.00 Original WW2 Pre-War Aero A-2 A2 Flight Flying Jacket

High bidder: edmund1987

Seller: randomprocurement

 

[Roughwear]

Nothing gets past you David!

Now for your views on the jacket.....

 

[deeb7]

Now for your views on the jacket.....

From such a rare contract, and being a more than fair example ... it's a great addition to the collection.