My A-2 if finally complete!

[Trotsky]

I purchased a WPG A-2 over the summer and have slowly been badging it up. I reenact but I reenact a Combat Inteligence Officer, like Jesse Marcel! (kudos if you know that name!). The squadron patch is my grandfather's, the 82nd Tactical Reconnaissance, 5th Air Force, SW Pacific. I do have a whistle on the throat latch that you can't see here. One internet point if you guess the nametag's origins! I didn't want my real name and grandpa was an honorable enlisted man, so I went with a name that I feel very much like right now at my current career.

Patch by Johnny Signor, I believe he posts here, but he's on Facebook. Excellent work and turn around time is fast as hell. My three year old knows exactly the Disney Character on great-grandpa's Unit's patch!

I bought one of the first batch of WPG A-2s and could not be happier with it. I am currently in danger of developing an A-2 addiction. This is not good...

 

[Smithy]

I purchased a WPG A-2 over the summer and have slowly been badging it up. I reenact but I reenact a Combat Inteligence Officer, like Jesse Marcel! (kudos if you know that name!). The squadron patch is my grandfather's, the 82nd Tactical Reconnaissance, 5th Air Force, SW Pacific. I do have a whistle on the throat latch that you can't see here. One internet point if you guess the nametag's origins! I didn't want my real name and grandpa was an honorable enlisted man, so I went with a name that I feel very much like right now at my current career.

Patch by Johnny Signor, I believe he posts here, but he's on Facebook. Excellent work and turn around time is fast as hell. My three year old knows exactly the Disney Character on great-grandpa's Unit's patch!

I bought one of the first batch of WPG A-2s and could not be happier with it. I am currently in danger of developing an A-2 addiction. This is not good...

Looks the goods Trotsky! I absolutely love my first generation WPG A-2, one of the best jackets I own. About to sew in a Korean War blood chit in mine

 

[thor]

Yossarian=Catch-22

 

[Trotsky]

Yossarian=Catch-22

Correct! And his first was name John, hence the "J". This is quickly becoming my favorte jacket.

 

[Monsoon]

Jesse Marcel = Roswell.

 

[ykurtz]

Yossarian=Catch-22

So Yossarian-Catch = -22.

 

[Trotsky]

Jesse Marcel = Roswell.

Hell yeah! Marcel was actually a Combat Intelligence Officer, hence his initial involvement in the whole Roswell debacle.

 

[IXL]

So Yossarian-Catch = -22.

That busted me up!!!

 

[nick123]

I think I'll opt for 'B. LAZAR" with mine. lol

It looks great.

 

[Dumpster Diver]

What Kind of a name Is poppinjay Anyway. :roll:

 

[4444Design]

nice lookin' jacket

 

[Airacobra JB]

Very nice A-2 jacket ! Love that "Strafin' Saints" patch. Congrats.

 

[Cooper A-2]

Well done, superb, will age and patina very nicely for sure...

 

[Talon884]

I purchased a WPG A-2 over the summer and have slowly been badging it up. I reenact but I reenact a Combat Inteligence Officer, like Jesse Marcel! (kudos if you know that name!). The squadron patch is my grandfather's, the 82nd Tactical Reconnaissance, 5th Air Force, SW Pacific. I do have a whistle on the throat latch that you can't see here. One internet point if you guess the nametag's origins! I didn't want my real name and grandpa was an honorable enlisted man, so I went with a name that I feel very much like right now at my current career.

Patch by Johnny Signor, I believe he posts here, but he's on Facebook. Excellent work and turn around time is fast as hell. My three year old knows exactly the Disney Character on great-grandpa's Unit's patch!

I bought one of the first batch of WPG A-2s and could not be happier with it. I am currently in danger of developing an A-2 addiction. This is not good...

I would just like to thank you for your post, My grandfather (James Martin - B Flight)was in the 82nd as well, he loaned his patch to a friend of his to make a painting of and we never saw him or the patch again. I have been looking for someone that could replicate it and I was able to track down Johnny Signor from you post ... Thank you!