phantomfixer Posted November 17, 2017 Share #1 Posted November 17, 2017 Ready a back issue of Aviation History, came across an article about a P-39 statically restored by the Pima Air Museum What caught my eye was the camo flight suit worn by the pilot,,,Marine coveralls or the Army version? theater made? interesting A-9 flight helmet and B3 life preserver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted November 17, 2017 Share #2 Posted November 17, 2017 Army I would think, taken were? in the South West Pacific? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfixer Posted November 17, 2017 Author Share #3 Posted November 17, 2017 Yep New Guinea...110th tac recon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtdorango Posted November 17, 2017 Share #4 Posted November 17, 2017 Great photo!.....mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted November 17, 2017 Share #5 Posted November 17, 2017 Agreestandard army coveralls.You can see the right hip pocket in the photo. There was only one pattern of camo coverall in WW2 and seen in use at times by the Marine corp but were of Army pattern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted November 17, 2017 Share #6 Posted November 17, 2017 Agreed with Ron 100%. owen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpsmancollector Posted November 17, 2017 Share #7 Posted November 17, 2017 Yep, Army version. Great shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtdorango Posted November 17, 2017 Share #8 Posted November 17, 2017 Brown side out?.........mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTEvansGD Posted September 30, 2023 Share #9 Posted September 30, 2023 This is a photo of my Grandfather! (and you can almost make out the name of the plane "Girlie") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfixer Posted October 2, 2023 Author Share #10 Posted October 2, 2023 Your grandfather has good taste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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