VINTAGE ORIGINAL TYPE A-2 BOMBER JACKET… HAS THE KNITTED WAIST AND CUFFS… FULL ZIP WITH METAL CLASP AT NECK… A RARE PIECE OF HISTORY! 22 FROM ARMPIT TO ARMPIT. 24 FROM SHOULDER SEAM TO END OF SLEEVE. 25 BACK LENGTH FROM BOTTOM OF COLLAR TO BOTTOM HEM. The Type A-2 flying jacket was standardized by the U. As the successor to the Type A-1 flying jacket adopted in 1927. The Type Designation Sheet lists the dates for Service Test as September 20, 1930, and Standardized (adopted as standard issue) on May 9, 1931. The military specification number for Type A-2 is 94-3040. The Drawing Number was given as 31-1415, but the spec. Labels found in the jackets themselves show this to be 30-1415. On April 27, 1943, Type A-2 was declared Limited Standard, meaning that only replacements for in-service units could be ordered. New units would now be supplied with cloth-shelled jackets such as Types B-10 and B-15. Army Air Forces Class 13 Catalog listed the garment as “Jacket, Flying, Type A-2, ” with Spec. It describes the jacket’s construction as seal brown horsehide leather, knitted wristlets and waistband (skirt). Broadly similar in construction to the A-1, it replaced the A-1’s buttoned front and pocket flaps with a zipper. And hidden snap fasteners (although some very early A-2’s retained the pocket buttons). The A-1’s stand-up knitted collar, which buttoned closed, was supplanted in the A-2 by a shirt-style leather collar, with hidden snaps at the points and a hook-and-eye latch at the throat. Stitched-down shoulder straps were also added to the design. Sizes were listed as ranging in even numbers from 32 through 54. The item “1930’s Type A-2 Flight Jacket Bomber 30 1415 US Army Airforce Original WWII 40″ is in sale since Monday, March 28, 2016. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\WW II (1939-45)\Original Period Items\United States\Uniforms”. The seller is “junk-dynasty” and is located in Bedford, Indiana. This item can be shipped to United States, to Canada, to United Kingdom, DK, RO, SK, BG, CZ, FI, HU, LV, LT, MT, EE, to Australia, GR, PT, CY, SI, to Japan, to China, SE, KR, ID, to Taiwan, TH, to Belgium, to France, to Hong Kong, to Ireland, to Netherlands, PL, to Spain, to Italy, to Germany, to Austria, RU, IL, to Mexico, to New Zealand, SG, to Switzerland, NO, SA, UA, AE, QA, KW, BH, HR, MY.
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States