USAAF& USAF Cap blog

[deanglen]

A friend of mine at another forum is as interested as I am in caps worn by USAAF and USAF personnel. Thought this crowd might find it an interesting read. He has just started making some for himself, and you might like one yourself! I have a B-1 cap he gave me and I love it. Great for when the weather warms up.
http://usaafflightcaps.blogspot.com/





dean

 

[Edward]

The two-tone B1 is an interesting design - I see echoes in it of my B2 cap with the earflaps in the folded-up position. I know these baseball-style caps aren't as popular in these parts as the crusher caps etc, but how common were they by comparison during the war?

 

[deanglen]

Edward, they were reasonably represented among the air crews. Don't exactly know how to quantify that, but photographic evidence abounds of their use. I love them and their uniqueness, a great cap alternative.



dean

 

[deanglen]

Here's my B-1 Dave made. I think it's very comfortable. And not a run of the mill ball cap.

dean

 

[dmar836]

Dean, thanks for the kind words.
Edward, the B-1 was very common. If one does a search for, say, bomber crew pics the B-1 will be somewhere in most of them - summer or winter, ETO or Pacific.

Dave