Recent content by Bomber1941

It is a enlisted ( No shoulder tabs) USMC wool winter service shirt, I have 2 myself and 1 USAAF check the date and contract no. inside the lower flap. Nice looking shirt!

looks right to me, just a thought too, If I where a pilot I probably would be more inclined to wear a A-2 or the B-6 anyway a B-3 would be pretty heavy and tight inside a cockpit thats why I had mentioned in the first part of the discussion is that is why a Officer (Pilot) would prefer a A-2 or...

You know your planes HackerF15E!! good call, did not even notice that.

I only brought up Memphis Belle only cause of the uniforms themselves and how they where worn and used, but nothing compares to visual, but Stearmen is correct, research and coversing with WWII vets as well as looking through books and actual footage is the best advice, as far as ground crew and...

A-2'S where generally worn as a Flight jacket and where built of horse hide but lighter weight alot of officers (pilots) wore them whereas the crew (NCO,enlisted)in a Bomber for exsample would have worn the B-3 jacket and trousers which was considerably heavier (Sheep shearling 3/4" as per...

Good to meet you Matt! Atleast both of your Grandfathers where on the same team, are family joke has always been while one Grandfather was on the ground the other was trying to Bomb the other one from above LOL!!! I think it would have been a intresting discussion if those...

Hello My name is Brian I am a new guy to the Fedora Lounge, Appreciate the amount of WWII knowledge as well as the forums on the B-3 bomberjackets I have followed through this forum I belong to a couple of WWII groups the Rogue historians and a group of WWII Airmen clubs. Both of my...