Band of Brothers question

[matei]

Hello all,

Does anyone know what kind of leather jacket David Schwimmer's character is wearing in "Band of Brothers"?

I have never seen any episodes - me da asked me and he is internet-challenged.

I tried to find a picture on Google and the only one I found it kinda looked like a dark A-2, but I could only see the collar and part of the shoulder...

Thanks,


Mat

 

[PADDY]

Real McCoy NZ made them...

There were some A2s and B3s (I think) made by the Kiwi firm.

 

[Doctor Strange]

I'm pretty sure that Schwimmer's character wears an A-2.

 

[airfrogusmc]

Yeah Its a McCoys Roughwear I think.

 

[matei]

Thanks guys. I just knew there'd be a few of ye here that would know!

 

[PrettyBigGuy]

I'll have to check the DVDs, but I think Scwimmer wears both an A-2 and a B-3. He's definately wearing a B-3 when he is commanding Easy Company when they are training in England prior to D-Day. Later in the series when he becomes the supply officer, just before the Bulge, he is wearing an A-2 (I think.)

 

[jake431]

I'll have to check the DVDs, but I think Scwimmer wears both an A-2 and a B-3. He's definately wearing a B-3 when he is commanding Easy Company when they are training in England prior to D-Day. Later in the series when he becomes the supply officer, just before the Bulge, he is wearing an A-2 (I think.)

He kept the B-3 after filming.

-Jake

 

[BellyTank]

He wore both but the heavy sheepskin one in the English training exercises was the B-3 and the one in early training at Toccoa and later in England was the A-2.

B
T

 

[MrBern]

Dont forget the A2 has the 506th PIR patch of the eagle in between the pair of dice.

 

[perrins57]

Capt Winters, Lt Walsh, Lt Sopel, one of the D Day briefing officers and one or two others appear in A-2's in BOBs. Real Mc Coys supplied the jackets for the series.

 

[PADDY]

Check the WWII libary resource for RMNZ

If you check the RMNZ website (see link on the RESOURCE sticky at top of WWII room) I'm pretty sure they have a BoB styled 506 PIR A2 for sale. Worth having a look at their site anyway, but there's the excuse!
Just been watching BoB again on DvD, just love it!!

 

[Tim P]

I was used on the set of Band of brothers for a catalogue shoot for real McCoys. I can testify that most of the flight jackets used were mccoys including the B10 worn by Mcaulliffe. the catalogue never got printed with the pics of us in it (we as backdrops were all in M43 uniform) but I handled a number of the jackets. A reshoot had to be organised when it became apparent to the photographers that one of the A2's they had been shooting was an Eastman. If I handled Schwimmers I did so in ignorance.