crism1
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Today a friend of mine made me notice a picture of Volante Rossa, a group of ex-partigiani that was active in the Milan area. They tried, between '45 and '49, to eliminate fascists after the war, since lots of them sneaked into society and very few were condemned. These shearlings you see were bought from the Allied post-war black market
On the Book "La Guerra non era finita" (The war wasn't over), pag.17, the author Francesco Trento says
"Sempre nel 1946, alla fiera di Sinigaglia e poi individualmente, sui banchi dei mercati, vengono acquistate quelle che diventeranno le divise ufficiali della Volante, residuati bellici degli eserciti alleati: giubbotti di pelle del’aviazione americana per la divisa invernale e giubbotti di tela grigio-verdi per la divisa estiva”.
I giubbotti non erano l’unico tocco americano della Volante Rossa, che aveva come mezzo di trasporto un camion Chevrolet Dodge acquistato a un’asta per 120 mila lire."
"Also in 1946, at the Sinigaglia Fair and then individually on the market stalls, what will become the official uniforms of the Volante were purchased, remnants of war from the allied armies: American air force leather jackets for the winter uniform and gray-green cloth jackets for the summer uniform ".
The jackets were not the only American touch of the Volante Rossa, which had as a mean of transportation a Chevrolet Dodge truck purchased at an auction for 120.000 Lire."
Funny how some of you guys in the "whare are you wearing" topic look very similarly dressed like these Volante Rossa members in the picture above.
Also, interesting enough, I found this old article where in the comment section there was a proper discussion about their bomber jackets. One of the guys commenting say that some of those jackets are Irvins.
On the Book "La Guerra non era finita" (The war wasn't over), pag.17, the author Francesco Trento says
"Sempre nel 1946, alla fiera di Sinigaglia e poi individualmente, sui banchi dei mercati, vengono acquistate quelle che diventeranno le divise ufficiali della Volante, residuati bellici degli eserciti alleati: giubbotti di pelle del’aviazione americana per la divisa invernale e giubbotti di tela grigio-verdi per la divisa estiva”.
I giubbotti non erano l’unico tocco americano della Volante Rossa, che aveva come mezzo di trasporto un camion Chevrolet Dodge acquistato a un’asta per 120 mila lire."
"Also in 1946, at the Sinigaglia Fair and then individually on the market stalls, what will become the official uniforms of the Volante were purchased, remnants of war from the allied armies: American air force leather jackets for the winter uniform and gray-green cloth jackets for the summer uniform ".
The jackets were not the only American touch of the Volante Rossa, which had as a mean of transportation a Chevrolet Dodge truck purchased at an auction for 120.000 Lire."
Funny how some of you guys in the "whare are you wearing" topic look very similarly dressed like these Volante Rossa members in the picture above.
Also, interesting enough, I found this old article where in the comment section there was a proper discussion about their bomber jackets. One of the guys commenting say that some of those jackets are Irvins.
