Dave Posted September 13, 2013 Share #251 Posted September 13, 2013 And a few more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 13, 2013 Share #252 Posted September 13, 2013 Tossing some more up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 13, 2013 Share #253 Posted September 13, 2013 And some more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 13, 2013 Share #254 Posted September 13, 2013 A couple more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 13, 2013 Share #255 Posted September 13, 2013 This one I'm very sad I can't find the full photo of. I had this one on a coat form at the end of my bed for years when I was young. My very first Saville Row tailored uniform... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 13, 2013 Share #256 Posted September 13, 2013 Another one some folks may have seen before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted September 13, 2013 Share #257 Posted September 13, 2013 WoW, great uniforms, Dave!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 13, 2013 Share #258 Posted September 13, 2013 Here's a full picture of the Saville Row one. I think I might have been 16 when I bought it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 13, 2013 Share #259 Posted September 13, 2013 A nice set of tails..he was later KIA as a Brigadier General... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 13, 2013 Share #260 Posted September 13, 2013 And the last one for now. Here's a closeup because some folks have never seen these before (I hadn't before I bought these!) Someone on the forum owns these now, IIRC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 13, 2013 Share #261 Posted September 13, 2013 WoW, great uniforms, Dave!!! Thanks Ricardo! You've posted some nice ones too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doinworkinvans Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share #262 Posted September 13, 2013 Oh my gosh Dave...the bar has been raised once again!! I am speechless....I am without speech! (Seinfeld anyone?!?!) And did I read that correctly that you dont own a single one now? I think I am gonna be sick!! How did you part with those?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timberwolf Posted September 13, 2013 Share #263 Posted September 13, 2013 One of my favorites... Dave I'm rather curious about the WO with the boat pin? Was it some type of Air-Sea rescue unit? Those were some seriously some quality uniforms! Wish I would have known when you were selling those! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDK Posted September 14, 2013 Share #264 Posted September 14, 2013 Very nice additions! JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAF_Collection Posted September 14, 2013 Share #265 Posted September 14, 2013 Dave, some stunning additions! I'm very envious of whoever has the tails now as that is one of the pre-war uniforms I'd love to own. I will add some better pics of my set of full dress blues, blue mess uniform and cape as soon as I can. Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doinworkinvans Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share #266 Posted October 29, 2013 I know there has to be more out there that havent been shared! Lets see em' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAF_Collection Posted November 2, 2013 Share #267 Posted November 2, 2013 Bringing this back to the top with one of my favourite ike's which will be the subject of it's own more detailed thread in the future. Lt. Robert A. Latchin was a P-47 Thunderbolt pilot with the 404th Fighter Squadron, 371st Fighter Group, Ninth Air Force and flew over 70 missions. The ike is a "cut-down" having started life as a 4 pocket coat tailored by the P.H. Davis Tailoring Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio, it's dated March 18, 1944. All ribbons and insignia are original to the jacket with the exception of the DUC ribbon which I have placed where the original had clearly been removed. Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robswashashore Posted November 2, 2013 Share #268 Posted November 2, 2013 A display I put together to honor my late father, MSgt. William Gould of the 8th Weather Squadron. He was a Weather Forecaster and stationed at Bluie West One in Greenland, which was the big stopover for aircraft and crews on their way to ETO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDK Posted November 2, 2013 Share #269 Posted November 2, 2013 Very nice Matt! JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timberwolf Posted November 2, 2013 Share #270 Posted November 2, 2013 Here's my first pilots uniform. It belonged to a Major Early McClung who was CO of the 22nd Fighter squadron. The 22nd FS was part of the 36th FG which supported the 104th from 12/21/44 to 2/6/45. The major scored 3 ground kills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAF_Collection Posted November 2, 2013 Share #271 Posted November 2, 2013 Thanks JD! as I say I'll post more on Latchin as soon as I have everything straight, he was quite a guy!. Jean, I love your tribute to your father, very nicely done!. The guys at many of the outpost bases used by aircraft in transit did such a vital job, but are often overlooked IMO. Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doinworkinvans Posted November 4, 2013 Author Share #272 Posted November 4, 2013 Love all the new additions! That display you have is fantastic man!!! Let's keep it going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jguy1986 Posted November 19, 2013 Share #273 Posted November 19, 2013 Here's one I picked up recently. This vet was from Manchester, NH, and assigned to the 161st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron. He enlisted on January 5, 1942 and graduated from the Boeing School of Aeronautics later that same year. Admittedly, the wings are a replacement set, but there was a ghosting where a set of wings was originally located, and based on a few photos in the grouping of him in the planes on base, I believe it probable that he was aircrew-qualified groundcrew (just not flying missions in the P-51s taking the recon photos, of which there are a few in the grouping, as well ). In any case, the dogtag chain border around the patch and the English-made overseas bars are a couple of those details I love to see on a jacket, and I'm proud to have this one on display in the collection. -- Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doinworkinvans Posted November 19, 2013 Author Share #274 Posted November 19, 2013 Another beauty! Id be proud to own that any day! Thanks for sharing Jon!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAF_Collection Posted November 19, 2013 Share #275 Posted November 19, 2013 Hi Jon, That's a nice example. Funny but I've just bought an Officers tan coat to a P-51 pilot in the 160th TRS-363rd TRG. I will post pictures once it arrives. Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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