WWII US Model 1942 Jump Jacket
Item #: WR25
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This is an M1942 Airborne jump jacket from world War II. This jacket was part of a uniform designed for paratroopers during the early years of WWII. The jacket, along with the baggy pants and jump boots set the Airborne soldier apart from the regular Infantry soldier, as far as appearance went. This 42 jump jacket is in extremely good condition. The jacket is olive drab#3 in color and is made of cotton twill fabric. This light weight material proved to be vulnerable to rips and tears in the elbow, crotch and knee area. These faults became evident during the Airborne operations in North Africa and Italy. Riggers in the 101st and 82nd Divisions came up with their own solutions to the problems, adding heavy olive drab canvas patches to the elbows and knee area. The crotch was reinforced with heavier stitching to prevent blowouts during the shock of chute openings. Prior to the the Overload invasion troopers of both divisions were told to turn in one of the two sets of jump uniforms to have have these alterations applied. Some of these uniforms were altered and returned, others were not. This is one of those unaltered jackets. There are no signs of these patches having ever been applied to this one. It doesn't look to have had any kind of stitching on the sleeves, reinforcing patches, rank or unit patches for that matter. All the snaps work on the pockets, cuffs and neck work perfectly. The black isn't even worn off the outer snaps. The stitching is very strong throughout the jacket. There are no tears. rips or moth damage anywhere on the jacket. The main zipper on the front of the jacket is a Talon brand and it works flawlessly. The double zippered knife pocket has two kwik zippers installed and they work perfect also. The size 38L is ink stamped inside the jacket near the collar. The number 13, or perhaps the letter B, has been written in ink below the ink stamp. These are the only markings on the jacket. The quartermaster tag is missing from the lower right pocket. It doesn't look like there was ever one sewn in there. The right sleeve and cuff, as well as the pockets on the right side of the jacket have some slight staining. There is about the only thing to show this jacket ever came off the shelf. I don't believe that it was ever issued or worn. These untouched original condition jump jackets are getting hard to come by. It still has the original belt with it, something you don't often see. If you collect WWII Airborne items, give this one a close look.
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