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That jacket fits perfectly! Congratulations.
...as for the white spots, if they are not massively noticable I would leave them.
To be honest, I think mine has a few white spots on it also as it seems that these old vets tended to paint their house wearing them.
One of my G-1s is a bit noisy when I walk or move my arms as well. Based on the 4 G-1s that I have, I only hear it on my "D" series. Maybe because they swithced to cow instead of goat??? Pecards helped it a little. After a while, I just sort of stopped hearing it. G&B used to have buttons and such, but I don't think they do anymore.
Nice jacket, and good fit. I'm happy it worked out for you. As for the button, these just may do the trick: (more than needed, but nice to have spares.. )
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Early-...505540?hash=item2ece695684:g:skEAAOSwnTJXAVjv
Don't forget that the G-1 is sort of a "summer" flight jacket, though after WWII I don't think they ever issued a winter one.
There were various liners and such that flyers wore under their gear, perhaps even the dreaded poopie suit.
But no one ever issued me a flight jacket with the admonition to leave room for x or y underneath.