What jacket(s) are you wearing at the moment?

[newagegeezer]

You could pick me up in E10 on the way , near the M11 to pickup Steve in Norfolk..... happily share the driving

 

[Nickb123]

How about a trip to their showroom and a meet-up there now that they do not do the airshows anymore, of course when this Corona bulls**t is finally over ...

Can a guy from California join?

 

[Griffon_301]

Sure! Now that would be great-The more jacket connoisseurs joining the merrier...and the better for the pubs in Ivybridge

 

[Enigma1938]

It’s B-10 time in Kansas. Jacket courtesy of FiveStar and patches from eBay.
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Looks great on you !

 

[Nickb123]

GW B-3. Will take more pics when I land in Alaska. They’re expecting -2F this evening. Going to freeze my pecker off.

 

[Edward]

I finally found a vintage overcoat in my size. This one actually dated September 1943!
In really good condition for its age.
Maker: Barron-Anderson of Boston
Sold at Harry Suffrin shop Downtown Detroit (The store was founded in 1922)

Pattern and Style:“ Stoneface Overcoat "
Gray herringbone tweed wool with Blue windowpane
Three button/Two hand hip pockets
Size: 42

Owned by someone named A.E. Tennant at 8550 La Salle Blvd. Detroit MI (Rosa Parks Neighborhood)
This handsome house still stands today. Built in 1924
I could not find any info on A.E. Tennant and no previous owner of the house was named Tennant but it was common for owners to rent out a room to wartime factory workers so it may not be too much of a stretch to think this person was living there in that capacity. Detroit's role in the war, when the auto factories turned out tanks, warplanes, bombs and guns earned it a place in history as the "Arsenal of Democracy". (a term coined by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during one of his Fireside Chat radio broadcasts.) Rosa Parks Neighborhood is only 30 minutes to the famed Ford's Willow Run plant where B-24 bombers were built.
If only this overcoat could talk!

 

[blackrat2]

Would be up for a “team hit” to Eastman, could we persuade Mr Lever ??

 

[entertainment]

GW Monarch M-444A
now that the low temperatures in my neck of the woods are nearing 32F/0C.
Very warm, very comfortable.

 

[Nnatalie]

I could not find any info on A.E. Tennant and no previous owner of the house was named Tennant but it was common for owners to rent out a room to wartime factory workers so it may not be too much of a stretch to think this person was living there in that capacity.

This would make sense, especially because the daughter of the couple who owned the house, Mr. and Mrs. Louis W. Blauman, had gotten married in 1941, opening up some space. I found a newspaper mention of a serviceman's wife and baby living there in December of 1943, which further supports the theory that they were renting out rooms.

 

[Edward]

This would make sense, especially because the daughter of the couple who owned the house, Mr. and Mrs. Louis W. Blauman, had gotten married in 1941, opening up some space. I found a newspaper mention of a serviceman's wife and baby living there in December of 1943, which further supports the theory that they were renting out rooms.

Whoa awesome find! Thanks for the research!!!

 

[mulceber]

Classic @Nnatalie...

 

[ausreenactor]

Loving the sound of this. And the only mandate is that your wear a flight jacket!

Which one? Decisions decisions....

 

[Griffon_301]

Well, showing up in Ivybridge in the midst of summer in a sheepskin might Draw some heads, even in the neck of the Eastman woods ...
I was thinking along the 37J1 or L-2 lines, if leather, the A-2 might be a good choice as well...of course it would be needed to be painted or patched up to draw some attention as the A-2 might be considered standard equipment for the more nerdy visitors to the ELC men-cave....

 

[D97x7]

Not at home for once, happily out enjoying cake and a mocha wearing my Eastman Irvin

 

[mulceber]

Great photo! From the packages at your elbow, it looks like you're celebrating your birthday? If so, many happy returns!

 

[Griffon_301]

Yeah, happy BDay from me as well

 

[D97x7]

Thanks chaps, yes I am

 

[saucerfiend]

Happy Birthday, Nick!

 

[Micawber]

Happy birthday old chap!

 

[Micawber]

Sporting the ELC ANJ-4 I acquired yesterday in a swap for the similar early vintage size 46 I bought recently that made me look a bit 'over inflated'

The gentleman I swapped with is local and a new member here too. My thanks to John Lever for alerting me to this jacket.