WWII US Navy M445 Heavy Flight Jacket
Item #: WR855
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This is a M445 heavy winter flight jacket used by the US Navy during World War II. It is in original, unaltered condition and shows plenty of wear and tear from service. The leather is still pretty supply, but has some cracks, tear and holes in it. There is a hole in the back of the jacket where the collar joins the body of the jacket, a 3" long crack in the leather that exposes the sheepskin on the left rear of the coat just above the adjustment strap, another split in the leather on the back of the left sleeve near the armpit and a part of the leather cuff extension on the left sleeve is missing, exposing the worsted wool cuff. The right sleeve shows a repair of the cuff extension where the leather has split on the front side. Both of the worst wool cuff are intact, but show wear and some unraveling from wear. The zipper track has broken and missing teeth on both sides, and the zipper itself is missing. The buttons for the pocket flaps are missing as well. The sheepskin lining is in pretty good condition, but shows a lot of discoloration from ground in dirt and grim from use. The two buttons on the waist are still present. There is no nomenclature or size tag sewn in the collar. There is a tag sewn onto the leather part of the coat just below the left pocket on the inside of the coat. It is a black label with gold lettering that is hard to make out, but reads "JACKETS WINTER HEAVY/BU.AERO U.S. NAVY/SPECIFICATION M445 B/WILLIS and GEIGER INC./CONTRACT Nos 290 SUP". This US Navy heavy winter flight jacket is pretty tired and shows an lot of wear and tear, but is an untouched representative of flight gear issued to US Naval flight crews during WWII.
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