Garth Thompson Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Picked this up with a batch of miscellaneous stuff from on of my pickers. Anyone of you flight gear guys give me some information on it? TIA, Garth The three best things in life are a good landing, a good orgasm, and a good bowel movement. A night carrier landing is one of the few opportunities to experience all three at the same time. You can not pronounce as knowledge anything you can not demonstrate. ASMIC Secretary Link to post Share on other sites
firefighter Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Not an expert but I think Navy/MC WW2 or Korean War era? ASMIC #1098 Link to post Share on other sites
JDK Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Post WW2 Navy/Marine flight suit. JD AAF Collector...........**Always Buying WW2 Aviation Related Items: Especially Operation Tidal Wave items (1st Ploesti Raid) ..... WW2 Fighter Ace Related Items.....Higher End A-2 Flight Jacket Groups....AAF Related Valor Medal Groups** Link to post Share on other sites
BlueBookGuy Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 It cannot be pre-1951. US Navy had the Spec. -5390 (started with suffix S- , subsequently C-5390) in early 1951, so perhaps the earliest suits were issued in 1951 as well. Since there is no indication of any -5390A , most certainly the -5390B was the very first of the interesting -5390 family of Navy and Marines flight suits. -5390B is the only among them having buttoned chest pockets. Link to post Share on other sites
Pbaczuk Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 I just picked up one of these at a 40 Long as well. Unissued Link to post Share on other sites
z19 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 I had one exactly like this except for the tag several years ago. It was named to a WWII USMC Recon pilot. Alex Link to post Share on other sites
jerry_k Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Post WW2 Navy/USMC suit. Nothing connected to WW2. Cheers, Jerry Link to post Share on other sites
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