show us your private purchase leather flying jackets

[wayne gosley]

Thank you for your moment Max, It is heavily worn on the shoulders ,back of neck and lower back, and has some oil spots on it also, It exhibits all things one should look for in a flight worn jacket, I'd say it has seen alot of flying. If only they could talk. I went thru the pockets and found deep down in the corner of the lower left pocket, nearly imbedded in the wool liner a period hair clip, my thoughts went straight away to p76 of photographic history of the the lw JG26 of Hauptman Kurt Ebersberger with his long strand of hair hanging down.Probably typicakl of the young cuns, to sport long hair. If i get time I photgraph one of my other jackets, it is missing the eagle, only the stitch marks of where one once was, and where the buttons for the shoulder boards, hae been darned up, it is heavily scraped on the back of the left shoulder and lower back, i wondered if they could be evidence of a hard landing after bailing out?
Cheers
Wayne

[wayne gosley]

A picture of interest. Note the placement of the eagle

[AndyC]

Well its a odd placement for an eagle
Here is another picture that i found on the net

Andy

[pablo10]

andy,
that is an awesome photo and im guessing he was the "test pilot" as monkeys were in short supply in germany at that time
cheers

[hs132]

Hello, great pics. Here is one of Hans Trautloft. Nice private ones on each side and Hans is wearing an A2 jacket with what seems to be a Luft trop pith helmet eagle as a breast eagle or a backwards reversed one. Best, Bill

[pablo10]

i cant find a photo copy of it to put on here but in the book uniforms and insigna of the luft vol 2 1940-45 by brian l davis on page 170 their a great pic of galland in a complete irvin suit and 174/5 their are some fantastic p.p jackets, if any one has a scanner could they please put these pics up,
cheers-pablo

[wayne gosley]

Just correcting the spelling from this post

Originally Posted by wayne gosley

Thank you for your moment Max, It is heavily worn on the shoulders ,back of neck and lower back, and has some oil spots on it also, It exhibits all things to look for in a flight worn jacket, I'd say it has seen alot of flying. If only they could talk. I went thru the pockets and found deep down in the corner of the lower left pocket, nearly imbedded in the wool liner a period hair clip, my thoughts went straight away to p76 of photographic history of the the lw JG26 of Hauptman Kurt Ebersberger with his long strands of hair hanging down.Probably typical of the young guns, to sport long hair. If i get time I photgraph one of my other jackets, it is missing the eagle, only the stitch marks of where one once was remains, and where the buttons for the shoulder boards once were, are now darned up, it is heavily scraped on the back of the left shoulder and lower back, i wondered it is evidence of a hard landing after bailing out? Thanks
Cheers
Wayne

[RamJet]

Here is mine, bought from CollectRussia in 2007, following a recommendation from Gene:







It has the large collar of the early war years, like the one in the pic Jos showed in post #7 of this thread. And here is a pic of a pilot wearing a very similar jacket like mine, with the large collar, too. Also the eagle is placed the same way above the zipper and both zippers are in slightly different heights:

[Paul Woodbyrne]

Here are my 2 private purchase leather jackets, second jacket had eagle removed. both blanket type lined 2nd jacket has the added pocket. Paul

[JackHun]

Here´s one with interesting zippers '35-'37 style. Unfortunately the inner lining was destroyed and has been "restored" (not by me).

[Max Wünsche]

An amazing selection of jackets, thanks for showing them all...

Hopefully over the next year or so I will come across one that I am comfortable with, if anyone is considering moving one on, let me know

[harrison987]

Here is mine...

[wayne gosley]

Nice one.
Cheers
Wayne