Original B-15 flying jacket..!!

[PADDY]

Just got myself an original B-15 USAAF flying jacket and am well chuffed about it! This beaut is in perfect condition, bar a few moth holes in the knits, but doesn't effect them. Alpaca lining is lovely and thick, as is the mouton collar (looks like it was only put there yesterday!!). I'm really getting into the cloth jackets at the moment (B10s and B15s), no idea why, but just seem to be the right piece of kit to grab and head out with!

 

[BellyTank]

Well Paddy, comgrats-
-now you'll be needing those A-11a trousers, huh?
Drop me a line if so.
I'm guessing it wasn't an eBay buy...

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[MikeyB17]

Looks mighty fine, Paddy-might have to get me one of those. I have an Aero poplin B-10, one of their early test samples picked up cheap, but the alpaca is nowhere near thick enough-it's more like tweed. ELC's new one is nice, but I'm not keen on the pointy collar.

MB17

 

[BellyTank]

I really like ELC's new RW B-10, I think it's primo, like the RW style and the twill shell. Tried one on at Ducks-Ford last year.
Don't fancy their A-2s much though- poo!

Kwak kwak! :beer:
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[scotrace]

GREAT Jacket

You can see even in the picture how un-squashed the collar is. Very nice! I hadn't really considered a cloth jacket until you posted this. You look authentic AND stylish. Do you wear the crusher out & about?

 

[PADDY]

Wearing the 50 mission crusher..

The 50 mission crusher only gets an airing at air shows and the like. Not something you would comfortably go and walk the dog in, or pop around to the newsagents wearing! But it's well 'crushed' with a great vintage flyers bash to it. And yes, I'm glad that the wee pic of the B-15 has opened up more possibilities for you in thinking about a flying jacket :cheers1:

 

[BellyTank]

Paddy, wouldn't that Crusher be a wee tad too small to walk a dog in?
Are your Irish eyes Smiling or did Smoke get in them Danny Boy? :kick:
What was the label situation on the B-15? Maker? Spec?
Flyers bash... I'll give you a Flyers bash...!

:beer: and a Drogheda for a belated St.Pat.

Belly O'Tank.

 

[Flitcraft]

Original B-15

Great looking jacket. You're lucky to
have found it.
Looks great on you.

 

[The Wingnut]

I'm amazed at what sort of prices B-10s and B-15s are commanding now. They were cheap and plentiful 15 years ago, my grandpa even had one stuffed away in a closet, but I didn't want it because I didn't think that it was a flight jacket. It's disappeared since.

That's a great find, Paddy. I'd like to find a B-10 myself, but the prices are obscene.