We need a "curious" emoji here.
Isn't that a ring snap at the collar?
Well ... tell me what your curious about and what I don’t know about ....... I’ll make up
Good strategy for any occasion, Indy........ I’ll make up
From what I learned from Ken from Aero and from reading , several pilots had A2 jackets that they were issued and were partial to over the m-422 jackets but they liked the fur collars of the M-422s . There were also a number of them that had problems with not having there sizes available . So they went out on the local market and had collars put on there A2’s . I remember seeing a photo of a ground crew guy wearing one someplace .Good strategy for any occasion, Indy.
Just find it odd that they'd make up some unknown A-2 version as a tribute and not just make an M-422... like the Tigers were issued.
Pictures, or it never happened.
It has a snap ring at the top of wind flap the back was single piece in most scenes
It's a publicity still.
The only thing that I can say is, that I can see how when you’re looking at photos in books of several guys wearing M-422 jackets , an A2 jacket made like this, unless you were specifically looking for it, could easily blend in and be over looked , unless you could get a clear look at the pockets of the jacket.Pictures, or it never happened.
Seriously, I have a lot of books on the AVG and never seen a custom A-2 like that.
And the sleeve ends where the cuff has that extra stitching on the leather -- and yeah, I know older A-2s had this, but they probably weren't being issued to the AAC volunteers to the AVG. But..?
From 1941-42 Kunming? Hmm. Here's where I need that "curious" emoji again.
Interesting conversation, if I might offer a differing point of view : I’m not sure why it would be a reach to think that in 1941-42 this modification would be difficult to have done to a jacket . For discussion purposes, let’s take a look at how EASY it would be to have a jacket modified . You certainly had parachute riggers, who could literally make just about anything that required sewing together different types of materials . If you’ve ever been anywhere in Asia you know that you could have just about anything clothing related made for you in 24 hours , that includes 1941-42 as well as now .And the sleeve ends where the cuff has that extra stitching on the leather -- and yeah, I know older A-2s had this, but they probably weren't being issued to the AAC volunteers to the AVG. But..?
From 1941-42 Kunming? Hmm. Here's where I need that "curious" emoji again.
Sorry, I think you misunderstood my post -- I wasn't saying I didn't think it could be done, just that I've seen no proof of it being done by the AVG. My dates were for pinpointing a jacket for documentation purposes -- in other words, yeah -- maybe there have been altered A-2s, but has anyone seem one that survived China and Burma between 1941 and 1942?
