John Luder
Well-Known Member
I dug out my father's B-15 (that's my step-father on the left,15th AF). Here are some pix. Sorry if my color card is off, and I don't have a grey scale to standardize the color. Some southern Calif winter greenery for comparison.
I've yet to do the research on the mfgr; the last time it was out of the cedar chest was before the current scope of internet research.
About 15 years ago, I lent the jacket to a manufacturer for color matching in the repros he was going to make, but I have no recall of him or whether he ever went into business.
That is the real General Doolittle's autograph on the flap. I met him three or four times, the last being in the mid-ish '70s when he and a group, which included my father, took a chartered flight from LAX to Wyoming for an event at the Buffalo Bill Center.
Man, talk about beyond heroic.
I've yet to do the research on the mfgr; the last time it was out of the cedar chest was before the current scope of internet research.
About 15 years ago, I lent the jacket to a manufacturer for color matching in the repros he was going to make, but I have no recall of him or whether he ever went into business.
That is the real General Doolittle's autograph on the flap. I met him three or four times, the last being in the mid-ish '70s when he and a group, which included my father, took a chartered flight from LAX to Wyoming for an event at the Buffalo Bill Center.
Man, talk about beyond heroic.
