Security A-2 sighting: Hamilton Field, late '30s

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This pic just turned up on the Lee-Jackson Militaria site among some effects of Col. Howard F. Bronson, WWII and Korea bomber pilot. (He is not to be confused with Col. Howard C. Bronson, one-time chief bandmaster of the Army.)

It depicts then-Lieut. Bronson (right), along with Lieuts. Gene Tibbets and Ronald Walker (left and middle), with the 7th Bomb Group at Hamilton Field in the late 1930s. Walker is wearing a Security 32-485 "Aviation Togs" A-2 (note the button pocket).

Patches are those of the 7BG and its 88th Reconnaissance Squadron (later the 436th Bomb Sqdn.).

 

[Falcon_52]

Great picture, zoomer. Like you, I always appreciate these shots of the first generation A-2s. It's interesting how completely beat-up the jacket on the man on the right looks. That's a true time-worn jacket!

Is that a Werber 33-1729 I see on the leftmost man?

Noel

 

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Hard to tell with no waistline or pocket features visible.

Bronson's jacket looks as if it's had new cuffs put on and lost a pocket flap, or maybe the whole pocket!

 

[bseal]

Cool pic.

 

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Ain't it tho? I like how they used to wear the garrison cap WW1 style - low-rise, and waaay over to one side. It didn't even matter which side.

 

[dujardin]

splendidddd

thanks also for the details regarding patches

greatttttttt

byeee marcel

 

[horseback leader]

Anybody have a repro SAT in the works? Man, that'd be nice.

 

[deand]

I like the 7th BG patch!








dean

 

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MORS AB ALTO - "Death from Above." Pithy, isn't it.

 

[greyhound52]

Cool photo looks like the wear on some of Bevan's jackets.

 

[asiamiles]

Great picture, zoomer. Like you, I always appreciate these shots of the first generation A-2s. It's interesting how completely beat-up the jacket on the man on the right looks. That's a true time-worn jacket!

Is that a Werber 33-1729 I see on the leftmost man?

Looking at the cuffs, it might also be a SAT. Indeed, all three could be, as Bronson's (seemingly recuffed) jacket must be a few year's old. Wonder if Bronson misread the directive that the left pocket had to be removed from B-2's? :lol: