WW2 pants to wear with your flight jacket

[Greg Gale]

Don't ask me why, but I'd love to have a complete WW2 USAAF pilot outfit. The only missing piece is the trousers.

I bought a pair of pinks from SoF, and they're great! The fit is perfect. Problem is, I don't like the pinks, and my shirts are pinks too, and in WW2 they didn't wear those with matching pants too often.

So I bought a pair of M37 mustard pants from SoF - they weren't great, they fit like modern pants, quite slim fit.

So I went online once again and ordered their OD51 pants - they're the same as the pinks but in different color, right? No...their size 32 OD51s fit more like a size 28, plus it was all very wonky...Sorry, it was so bad I didn't even take a photo.

Now I want to order from What Price Glory. Does anyone have any experience with those? The reviews on their site are good. It's not 100% accuracy I'm after, the fit and look are more important. I'm still not sure whether I should go for the OD51 or the M37. The OD51 looks sharper but looking at original photos, pilots mainly wore M37s around the base and on missions. At least the 4th FG did.

US Mustard Wool Trousers | What Price Glory

Reproduction of trousers adopted in 1937 and worn through all of WWII.

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US Army Office"s Trousers (Dark shade) | What Price Glory

Reproduction.

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[mulceber]

I notice the chinos haven’t been mentioned - is there a reason you’re avoiding them?

 

[Greg Gale]

I notice the chinos haven’t been mentioned - is there a reason you’re avoiding them?

Yes, I prefer something darker, and I don't see many pictures of the 4th/56th/352nd pilots wearing them. I reckon it was more of a MTO thing?

 

[mulceber]

slash-PTO yeah, I think. Have you considered original M-1937s? They show up on eBay at pretty reasonable prices. You could probably find a US intermediary here who would be willing to ship them to you.

 

[Shanghai-Mayne]

Wool flying pant. Pic from 303rd

 

[Greg Gale]

slash-PTO yeah, I think. Have you considered original M-1937s? They show up on eBay at pretty reasonable prices. You could probably find a US intermediary here who would be willing to ship them to you.

I have, but they all have some sort of damage, the color is usually very faded too.

 

[Alliance507]

Now I want to order from What Price Glory. Does anyone have any experience with those? The reviews on their site are good. It's not 100% accuracy I'm after, the fit and look are more important.

Order up, and don't look back. I own several pieces from WPG.. They generally nail the period-correct fit as well as the material. For the price, the quality is excellent IMO. My WPG pinks trousers are very very close to my original pair. Their OD chocolate shirt goes great with those. Same goes for the mustard OD trousers -- the wool quality and thickness is solid.

 

[Greg Gale]

Order up, and don't look back. I own several pieces from WPG.. They generally nail the period-correct fit as well as the material. For the price, the quality is excellent IMO. My WPG pinks trousers are very very close to my original pair. Their OD chocolate shirt goes great with those. Same goes for the mustard OD trousers -- the wool quality and thickness is solid.

Thanks, just what I wanted to hear. How's the sizing?