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  1. deanglen

    Won this Inaccurate A-2 Knockoff...cheap!

    And now...after modification...here it is! Decided to use Tulip brand fabric paint, "Chocolate Matte" color to give the jacket a russet finish. The grain shows through very well, and it feels like leather, slightly more like vinyl than leather, but it was a ten dollar jacket. The 9th Bomb...
  2. deanglen

    3 piece back on A2 in period photo

    Love to see more details of that jacket! Thanks, (from a fellow Michigander)! dean
  3. deanglen

    Latest and Last evolution of a crew cap

    Thank you Rusty! Never gone, just not posting much. I've been doing jackets and such more of late than fedoras. Who else could have an obession with idiomatic headwear like USAF crew caps from the last century, but yours truly. You guys are looking great in your civilian felts, as always! Thin...
  4. deanglen

    Trench Coat - the 'Ultimate' Thread!

    Not bad at all, and a great price to boot! Looks fine. dean
  5. deanglen

    Latest and Last evolution of a crew cap

    This cap has gone through several stages. It is a leather vintage cap that began as a totaly red hunting cap. I modified to be a crew cap for a post-war bomber crew. Originally a navigator's cap for a 9th Bomb Squadron, 7th Bomb Wing craft, It now has a black and white scheme, more accurately...
  7. deanglen

    3 piece back on A2 in period photo

    Thanks for the input. Appears it's possible some private purchase jackets would have been close but not spec, and I know I should have been able to figure that out, I was hoping for an image of such, but I will check out the reference work cited above! Thanks again! dean
  8. deanglen

    3 piece back on A2 in period photo

    Thanks for the responses! Indeed it's not an A2. Could any of the private purchases have had knits and most features of a spec jacket, albeit without single piece back? dean
  9. deanglen

    3 piece back on A2 in period photo

    I ran across this picture a few months back. It is not from a re-enactor site, as far as I could tell, and sadly I don't remember the exact website. If this has already been posted here, or elsewhere, so be it. I just thought it was interesting to see an A2 without a single piece back in a...
  10. deanglen

    Finally got around to making an A-2

    I think it's lovely! You are an artiste! dean
  11. deanglen

    A-2 jacket patch identification

    Why would they have only group patches, not squadron patches as well. Staff officers? dean
  13. deanglen

    Just won my first A-2 repro...

    I don't know. I believe the seller is a Lounger, and I hope to find out more about it from him. dean
  14. deanglen

    Just won my first A-2 repro...

    Moments ago I won this, my first reasonably accurate reproduction. I might change the patch, I might not, but I love the fact that it's a russet brown with dark knits, a suggestion to look for from Fletch. I'd like to have the 9th Bomb Squadron patch on it instead of the 570th that is there...
  15. deanglen

    My ideal A-2...is it really too much to ask?

    Fletch, you posted my favorite squadron patch! 9th Bomb Squadron! When I get an A-2 that is reasonably accurate, it will have that patch! dean
  16. deanglen

    Graveside Service Etiquitte

    In every graveside I've performed, I've followed a protocol similar to J.T.'s guidelines stated above. Color and style of hat, or cap, is not an issue, but I lean toward a grey fedora or tweed eight-panel cap. dean
  17. deanglen

    I just bought my first hat and its all your fault

    Boy, a great first hat really brings out the veteran loungers in a chorus of approval and delight! Way to go Buler! dean
  19. deanglen

    Finshed my first A1

    Terrific work, as always. dean
  20. deanglen

    Hollywood Jackets

    Many thanks for thr correction. dean
  21. deanglen

    Hollywood Jackets

    Just noticed the jacket on this kid on the far right in this 1947 photo of my dad's sunday school class: dean
  22. deanglen

    A2's: Wear 'em or Collect 'em?

    Paddy, I love every angle of that A-2 on you, (especially with the ballcap). That's the look I want if I ever get one of the best repros, within cost sanity, of course! dean
  23. deanglen

    Question about 1911 Campaign Hat cords

    Hey, Bob! A 7 3/8 Long Oval M1911 Campaign hat? I thought they were all round crowns like dinner plates. Nice to see one. Nice one, too! dean

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