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WWII US NAVY M-422A - size 36 Brown Leather Flight Jacket Named,Bennington Vet For Sale


WWII US NAVY M-422A - size 36 Brown Leather Flight Jacket Named,Bennington Vet
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WWII US NAVY M-422A - size 36 Brown Leather Flight Jacket Named,Bennington Vet:
$1347.00

Being offered up for sale is a beautiful WWII US Navy M-422A BuAero Gordon & Ferguson CoLeather Flight Jacket.This early type flight jacket pre G-1 should be be in a museum,This jacket has its embroidered spec label at neck stating

Jackets, Intermediate

BuAero -US NAVY

Specification M-422A

Gordon & Ferguson Co

Contract No.-NXs 416

Jacket has a Mouton Fur Collar, Button Throat Latch, Front Talon Zip Closure ,Front Flap Pockets withleft Pocket which has the Pen Holder, Interior snap button pocket with crimson twill interior lining, Long Sleeve with Ribbed Cuffs, Underarm Gussets with Vents, and Ribbed Waist Band

Condition

It is in the Original Condition in which it was found!Near mint,shows use but no damage to leather which is still soft and pliable and retains all its brown color,I have not had this jacket cleaned or made any modifications to the Jacket!

What I have noted and provided detailed pictures of…

There is asmall wear rip to lining at left sleave (above sheath at last photo)

The Elbows show No Wear!

The Ribbed Waistband hasfrayed at bottom right front, by zipper,left cuff has hole,facing jacket


There is nowearto the Mouton Collar

All seam stitches are tight

US is stamped under the Collar very crisp

The Interior Lining has some what appears to be sweat stains upper arm pit area and on back,lining is excellent condition,small rip (1 1/2\") left side by sleeve-as mentioned.Elastic still workable.There is also the aviators name leather patch,on left chest (looks as if rank is worn off tag) and squadron leather patch \"The Royal Flushes\"on right chest,there also is a machine embroidered China India Burma patch on left sleeve.The veteran was a fighter pilot on the USS Bennington,member of fighter group the Royal Flushes.Info was ascertained from the Benningtons cruise book 1/45 -9/45 which is in perfect condition and included in sale a very rare WWII original item.Also included is a private purchase survival/hunting knife,marked Shur Edge #7 shows sharpening to blade,wooden handle with leather lanyand.Overall 8\" in length with sheath for knife Robeson Shur Edge embossed and veterans name neatly written in pan and VBF-1 squadron.If any additional info is needed or photos of something not mentioned please email with questions.

offer with Confidence! I stand behind what I sell! If you are not completely satisfied, please return this jacket to me for a FULL REFUND,

Size

36 (tag at neck)

Medium based on today’s Measurements

Please Verify Measurements

Measurements

Lying Flat, Side to Side

Armpit to Armpit across chest 18\"

Length from collar seam to bottom 26\"

Sleeve from Shoulder Seam 25\"

All measurements are taken with the garment laying flat from side to side in inches. Because sizing varies so drastically from decade to decade and brand to brand, I RECOMMEND USING the MEASUREMENTS PROVIDED TO DETERMINE IF SOMETHING WILL FIT. The best way to ensure a garment will fit you is by measuring something you already own that fits you well and compare the measurements to those that I have listed.,s/h to be calculated at sales end and winning offer to be received 5 days of sales end.

On Mar-22-15 at 16:47:59 PDT, seller added the following information:

Navy M-422A

The Navy’s Bureau of Aeronautics (BuAero) first issued the M-422 to aviators in 1938. Admiral “Bull” Halsey wore an M-422 when Hornet launched Jimmy Doolittle’s B-25s toward Tokyo in 1942. Lt. Butch O’Hare, the Navy’s first ace and a Medal of Honor winner, wore his M-422 flying F-4Fs with Fighting 3. The Flying Tigers ordered M-422s for their pilots flying P-40s in China. BuAero widened the M-422’s left pocket 1/2-inch in 1941, added a pencil slot, and designated the jacket M-422A. In 1942, the wide left pocket was eliminated and an inset welt pencil pocket was added. Gibson & Barnes makes its M-422A with the wider left pocket, just like the rare early jackets. The Navy’s M-422A specification required light seal brown goatskin with a reddish brown mouton (lamb’s wool) collar. The lining was crimson twill. The zipper was a size 5 nickel zipper with bell pull. The knit cuffs were standard rib knit, but the waistband was a single layer of rib-rack.

Original M-422As had the letters “USN” stenciled under the collar in black, white, or silver paint, but the jacket did not have the letters punched into the storm flap like the G-1. They did have an inside, snap-shut chart pocket and a graceful throat latch to keep out the cold.


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