Jackets at the WWII Museum, New Orleans

kiltie · Aug 21, 2012

Back in June, I made a road trip out to New Orleans, and one of the top to-dos on my list was the National WWII Museum.
Here are a few of the jackets they had on display:

I've got a few other pretty decent pictures of some work jackets and bits of ephemera, as well as the airplanes and stuff, if anyone is interested in seeing what the museum looks like. There was a display dedicated to Greg Boyington and the Black Sheep, some navy kit, ...stuff like that.

capt71 · Aug 21, 2012

Thanks for posting the photos.
I'll be attending the 380th BG reunion in N.O. in early Sept. A visit to the museum is included in the itinerary. I'm looking forward to it.

dujardin · Aug 21, 2012

coooooooooooll ,

thanks for the photos

will be there in november

sparidon · Aug 21, 2012

I'm the head of the museum's Research Department. Hope to meet you all as you come through.

Seth

capt71 · Aug 21, 2012

capt71 said:
Thanks for posting the photos.
I'll be attending the 380th BG reunion in N.O. in early Sept. A visit to the museum is included in the itinerary. I'm looking forward to it.

Duh! I meant early NOVEMBER, not September

dujardin · Aug 22, 2012

in early november...greattttttttttt

don't know yet the exact day of my visit at this museum, maybe we can meet

Roughwear · Aug 22, 2012

Thanks for sharing the pics of these fantastic jackets. I can see a Perry, Dubow, United Sheeplined/Bronco and an Aero nicely displayed.

kiltie · Aug 22, 2012

I'm very pleased everyone enjoys the pics. I wish the sun had been a little more cooperative: there's a lot of glass in the front of the museum, thus the reflections on the cases. I took several more, of the art in particular, but you can see my goofy mug almost as well as the jackets.
Here are a couple of the lesser quality ones -

sparidon · Aug 22, 2012

That complete suit is from 354th FG Ace Jack Bradley. Fellow 354th FG Ace Clayton Kelly Gross' A-2 (Dubow 27798) shares the same case. Gross' jacket has his plane's name (Live Bait) on the back. Both great pieces.

Seth

Roughwear · Aug 22, 2012

That's a rare painted patch on the Cable A2. You have taken some great pics especially when the jackets are behind glass.

kiltie · Aug 22, 2012

Thanks again, Andrew.
I am particularly fortunate to have the Museum of the Pacific War just an hour north of me. While I have some pictures of jackets from there as well, they are really bad. However, I get up there fairly regularly and will get a good post going on them, too. Of special interest: Tex Hill's jacket.

TankBuster · Aug 22, 2012

Thanks for the photos. Looks like they have some great jackets.

I'd love to see a shot of Hills jacket if you get a chance to get back there!

2BM2K · Aug 23, 2012

Thanks for posting the photo's, some interesting jackets there.

BTW, when taking photo's glass reflections can be reduced by fitting a polarising filter to your Canon EOS REBEL T3.

kiltie · Aug 23, 2012

Heh - an accessory I did in fact purchase, after the fact. Perhaps a hood is in order as well. It does appear that quality pics are the norm, rather than the exception on this site. It's appreciated.

capt71 · Aug 23, 2012

Yeah, a polarizing filter is the way to go. For those who may not be familiar with that type of filter, it's a filter that screws onto the front of the lens--the glass part of the filter can be rotated in its mount to adjust the amount of polarization. Don't confuse it with the "UV" filter. That filter is a simple glass filter that helps with outdoor scenic shots and mostly is used by photographers to protect the lens.

kiltie · Aug 23, 2012

Posted this elsewhere so, I figured as long as I have it out...

Hill's jacket at the Museum of the Pacific war in all it's camera phone glory.

TankBuster · Aug 24, 2012

Cool! Thanks for the photo. I was curious if it was the same one in Maguires book. It appears it is.

Roughwear · Aug 28, 2012

This does indeed look like the G&F M422A in Maguire's book. It has the same repair to the left pocket.

bombs away · Aug 28, 2012

Hello,

Picture of Tex Hill's jacket, worn by the hero :

Definitely the one in the museum (repair on the pocket), but I'm not sure the tiger's patch is the same... :?:
The one on the wartime picture looks like a single layer, but I'm not 100% sure.

Cheers,
Tim

Roughwear · Aug 28, 2012

and the one in the Maguire book too!

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