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I think it looks perfect as well. Beautiful jacket.
Simply then, don't order one from JC. No how, no way, any of those originals were as nice as his are. Not joking, but really, can something made during WWII wartime factory contracts near the art of a GW?I'm thinking of going for a NOS type thing. A faithful repro that looks as if it had been found hidden but unworn at the back of an old surplus cupboard.
Looks perfect from the back! Bret, you can just tell people that you're wearing the jacket the same way the originals did: keep going until you get too big for it, then stick in the attic/sell it on/hand it down.
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Some originals had Talon zips with a rectangular puller and others like this one had the bell shaped puller. It was also the first contract to use large United Carr ring snaps and this jacket has NOS United Carr ones for the collar and pockets.
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This picture has been posted many times before but is the best I have. My J.A. Dubow 20960. Dull russet Shinki. I like Dubow for some reason I can't really quantify. I also have a 27798. No photos though. If I were to get another it would be an SAT because I like it's evolutionary nature.
Oh and that's the USS Hornet behind me that Doolittle's Raiders flew from. Many of whom wore Dubows. In fact Doolittle himself wore one.
Charles, you are correct. CV-8 was lost. This Hornet in it's role as a floating museum is educating the public on all 'Hornets' and their place in history and as such is the closest thing to CV-8 we have left. I didn't want to get into this minutiae in my earlier post as it was late and I was just trying to set the mood with a little dramatic license.
Having spoken to John about the knits, I'll be switching to the mid-brown, as the purple ones don't appear until later.
Hi Charles, if you're looking for a special VT-8 artifact, the Smithsonian museum has the M-421 cotton jacket worn by Ensign George Gay (sole survivor of VT-8) on display. It's faded, a bit dirty and quite weathered, but after his exploits at the Battle of Midway, it's amazing that the cloth jacket is still intact and in decent shape. The sight of his jacket, worn in combat during the Battle of Midway and the harrowing 30 hours adrift in the Pacific after ditching (and subsequent strafing by Japanese fighter planes!) gave me goosebumps.And it's a fine museum, though I haven't been in years. Perhaps you know: Are there any artifacts from VT-8 in the collection?