Pilots, Mechanics and Machines (and some jackets!)

[oose]

Hi all,

I love these group shots of pilots and there ground crew...

yours stu

 

[John Lever]

Some very dirty or just brown fleece there.

 

[Chandler]

Nice Elmer Fudd hat -- don't imagine that was regulation!

Chandler

 

[dujardin]

many thanks,

there are some interesting details on those photos of good quality.

byeeeeeeeeee marcel

 

[oose]

Hi all,

color photo of 77th FS A-2 jacket..."Lt. Leonard W Papuzynski. Linden, NJ. 77th Fighter Squadron. P-51D 44-72219 LC-U "Rose Glori". Nice shot of Lt. Papuzynski's A2 jacket with insignia."

There are a couple of guys with "Elmer Fudd hat" on must find out it eastmann can stock some this winter!

yours stu

 

[Swing]

There are a couple of guys with "Elmer Fudd hat" on must find out it eastmann can stock some this winter!

Probably old Woolrich caps. Current Lock Haven (named after a town in PA) from Woolrich isn't quite the same as the ones in the photo.

http://www.woolrich.com/CGI-BIN/LANSAWE ... 7E+PRD+ENG

Here's something a little closer to the style in the photos.

http://www.stormykromer.com/index.php?_ ... roductId=5

~Swing

 

[Cliff]

Thanks for those. There were some really nice "weathered" B3s there and was that an ANJ4 I spotted towards the end ??

 

[zoomer]

Hi all,

color photo of 77th FS A-2 jacket...

It's a Rough Wear - can't tell the contract, might say 18091.
77th FS crest:

 

[T-Bolt]

zoomer,

I enlarged the photo in an attempt to clarify the label information and was somewhat successful. I am thinking maybe it is a 16159 contract. Even though the front panels of the jacket look a lot like goatskin, I think the overall appearance looks like it could be horsehide. The horsehide 16159 jacket on Acme Depot has areas on the front that also look somewhat like goat.

Anyway, I thought that the 16159 is a possibility.


Ted

 

[havocpaul]

Great pics, interesting to see flight jackets worn by the groundcrew, we seem to asume that all flight jackets were 'flown' whereas it is clear just as many were issued/obtained by 'erks'.

 

[oose]

Hi,
Nothing wrong with 'erks', I have to say that I come from a long line of distinguished 'erks' my great-grandfather being a Sgt. Carter, a Fitter(carpenter) in No. 60sqd RFC,(1915-1920) still got all his saws and whatnot, sadly no jackets were issued!

Yours stu