Cut Down WWII Colvinex leather jacket

[ButteMT61]

No........if I go it won't be till Jan. in conjunction with my trip to Fresno.
When is your France trip?

Leaving Nov 24th - Thanksgiving and my son's birthday... :eeek:

 

[too much coffee]

So he gets his Aero B-3 a day or two early?

 

[ButteMT61]

So he gets his Aero B-3 a day or two early?

Gets it that day

 

[pjstrass]

what brand leather conditioner will you use to restore ..Pecards ?

 

[Dinerman]

Yes, it's soaked up a lot of peckards.

 

[Metatron]

Great jacket. How to you get these amazing deals?

Interesting to compare this with the 1944 German flight jacket:

(http://www.luftwaffe-militaria.com/)

I think there is some common ancestry there.

 

[Dinerman]

Here's a fun ad I found from 1954, advertising cut-down jacket versions of the Colvinex flight suit.

 

[Dinerman]