U. S. Officers Reserver Corps Cold Weather Flying Jacket (re-conditioned Bomb Boogie).

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Dear all,

I purchased a Bomb Boogie leather jacket a number of years ago. I'm after some advice regarding identification and general information. Any assistance is enormously appreciated.

It's very well worn but is not rotting (correct me if I'm wrong). It's also worn in quite a nice way, I think. It is incredibly heavy. It's definitive feature is an image of a plane surrounded by signatures on its interior. It's unclear as to whether the signatures are related to the plane in which the...

U. S. Officers Reserver Corps Cold Weather Flying Jacket (re-conditioned Bomb Boogie).

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U. S. Officers Reserver Corps Cold Weather Flying Jacket.

July 5, 2019, 10:32 am

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Dear all,

I purchased a Bomb Boogie leather jacket a number of years ago. I'm after some advice regarding identification and general information. Any assistance is enormously appreciated.

It's very well worn but is not rotting (correct me if I'm wrong). It's also worn in quite a nice way, I think. It is incredibly heavy. It's definitive feature is an image of a plane surrounded by signatures on its interior. It's unclear as to whether the signatures are related to the plane in which the...

U. S. Officers Reserver Corps Cold Weather Flying Jacket.

help identifying vintage/maker of G1?

July 7, 2019, 9:11 am

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hi friends,

posted on FL when i realized these jackets are more a speciality here ... i'm out of my depth and wondering when this guy was made and who made it?

appreciate the help,
mike

Any info about this repro maker?

July 8, 2019, 10:49 am

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Hi Fellas!

I was wondering if someone has any idea of who this repro maker is? Attached is a pic of the label in the pocket.
Thanks in advance for your info.

Jorge

Operation "Danny"

July 9, 2019, 8:54 am

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Gents,

just found some interesting info on the WWW about an "Operation Danny" ...

So far what info i got there was USMC 514 involved which was one of the Marine Corsair squadrons trained to strike V2 Rocket sites in the ETO from Navy Escort Carriers as a part of Project Danny. (Text copied from "US MILITARIA FORUM")

Does anyone has any more Details about this Operation?

Does anyone maybe knows whether these guys where equipped with A2 jackets?

Just as a teaser pic of a duffle-bag from a...

Operation "Danny"

Gibson & Barnes

July 12, 2019, 8:11 pm

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Great result today,,looking through my jackets and trying to get them in some kind of order & found a black goatskin skyliner that I forgot I had .Top class workmanship and the best goatskin I’ve ever handled.zip out liner,,feels like Xmas has come early ,,,very versatile jacket

Jacket fit.

July 15, 2019, 1:11 pm

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So, how about the fit of this A2? Off the shoulders and slightly too big?

Eastman Leather Clothing - Catalogue 1

July 16, 2019, 11:47 am

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Gents,

ELC have just popped a new full colour catalogue up on their Facebook page.

[URL...

Eastman Leather Clothing - Catalogue 1

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HLB M-422?

July 17, 2019, 8:53 am

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I've been in touch with someone that says they have a HLB M-422, but I thought Monarch, W&G and Switlik were the only makers of that contract. I know that HLB made a M-422a, so what differences would set the two contracts apart? They sent me a picture of the jacket, but of course the label is missing.



Any help is appreciated.

Salzburg trip

July 17, 2019, 10:05 am

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A couple of shots of our winter trip to Austria. Cold weather so time to wear jackers for a change !

One of the few times I can wear my jackets. Temperature around freezing point during the day, down to minus 7 C at night.

Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford

July 19, 2019, 11:20 am

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http://instagr.am/p/B0GXJPjA7W3/

'Top Gun: Maverick': Patches On Tom Cruise's Jacket Spark Controversy

July 23, 2019, 8:44 am

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'Top Gun: Maverick': Patches On Tom Cruise's Jacket Spark Controversy

Whatever Happened to the Goldsmith A2?

July 23, 2019, 12:11 pm

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It’s been a year now, August 2018 that we were in the midst of a new discovery, the Goldsmith A2. A great deal of research and photo analysis was done by a number of people and if you were following the thread , it was impressive the way that small pieces of information were collected, correlated and corroborated and placed into a grand puzzle that soon became the Goldsmith A2 jacket. Eventually Ken from Aero produced a limited number of 25 of the jackets based on the actual contract...

Whatever Happened to the Goldsmith A2?

Martin Lane G-1

July 29, 2019, 12:30 pm

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My latest jacket acquisition is this Martin Lane G-1, size 42R . I replaced the cuffs and waistband, but otherwise this jacket is in outstanding condition. Does the info on the tag mean this is a 1969 C series jacket? Any guidance on how to read tag info is appreciated!

Against the Grain

July 30, 2019, 12:48 pm

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Given the variety of posts about tanning and grain I think we’re bucketing together stuff that really needs to be split out for clarity. The type of hide and how it’s processed is a big factor. Just to consider one factor ...

The flying jacket leather thickness specification values I can find list 0.025” as a minimum to 0.045” as a maximum for goatskin, cowhide, and horsehide. Actual values documented in Mr. Eastman’s excellent book, Type A-2 Flight Jacket Identification...

Against the Grain

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Tapatalk

August 2, 2019, 1:00 pm

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Is VLJ on tapatalk ? I thought it is but got a new phone and lost a bunch of stuff.

Three generations of ELC advertising catalogues...

August 6, 2019, 1:35 pm

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Received my copy of the new ELC catalogue today and could not resist....

My first ELC A2

August 12, 2019, 1:41 pm

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My good lady has bought me an ELC A2 from the evil that is ebay ,ive looked on the ELC website for the same jacket and cannot find the any A2 with the same label ?
Could anyone help in determining its age at all please ??
The order number on the label reads ,
42-058361

TIA
Carl

ANJ 4 makers

August 13, 2019, 11:34 am

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Had i read somewhere that out of the 3 makers of the original AN-J-4 's that Arnoff were the only one that had a single piece back

Aero factory sale

August 13, 2019, 1:50 pm

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Hey Ken what about us (past customer) accross the pond can we get in on the action ?And when is it ?