rw 27752 on the bay

[Silver Surfer]

nice wearable, 27752 rw on the bay. item #: 120587565888

 

[atkins]

Thanks for the heads up ,Surfer. Reminds me of the 23380 i almost won, until the seller suddenly remove the listing :evil: . But this 27752 seller , contrailchaser , seeing his collection over the bay , i think he's a good seller. A member here maybe?

 

[Corey]

Looks very nice, and in my size too I've bought from him before. He's very reputable.

 

[havocpaul]

Thanks for the heads up ,Surfer. Reminds me of the 23380 i almost won, until the seller suddenly remove the listing :evil: . But this 27752 seller , contrailchaser , seeing his collection over the bay , i think he's a good seller. A member here maybe?

Not a member any more, a rather sad/bad episode with an alleged 'faked' jacket a year or so ago on eBay but as this jacket is plain there should be no issues.

 

[Roughwear]

This RW looks like it was left over from the previous contract, but had the 27752 label inserted in it. This was not uncommon with A2 contracts as we know from several of Aero's contracts. I have bought from this seller with no problems, but his reputation has been tarnished when he tried to sell several painted originals with artificially aged paint work on them.

 

[Silver Surfer]

my dealings with this seller have been outstanding. several years ago, i purchased a very expensive patched cbi, a-2 from j.c. slongo. slongo said that if there was any reason that i was not happy, i could return the jac, no questions asked. besides my own testing, and that of professional antiques appraisers, i found the jacket to be complete and totally legit. for my money, the guy is aok. andrews read on the jacket is interesting, and likely right, in that, often later contract labels were applied to a batch of previous contract jackets. i have a russet aero that is without doubt, a previous contract then what the label reads. areo, and rough wear produced many thousands of flight jackets, and based on the demand during the war, "correct" contract labeling was not much of a priority. also, there could have been contract stipulations with the us govt that called for x and x amount of jackets due at such, and such time, for payment due, etc.

 

[TankBuster]

For whoever is interested.....

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