Garth Thompson Posted October 16, 2015 Share #1 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 **PLEASE NOTE: THIS COMMUNITY MEMBER HAS SADLY PASSED AWAY** Link to post Share on other sites
firefighter Posted October 16, 2015 Share #2 Posted October 16, 2015 Not an expert but I think Navy/MC WW2 or Korean War era? Link to post Share on other sites
JDK Posted October 16, 2015 Share #3 Posted October 16, 2015 Post WW2 Navy/Marine flight suit. JD Link to post Share on other sites
BlueBookGuy Posted October 18, 2015 Share #4 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 #5 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, 2020 Share #6 Posted February 5, 2020 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, 2020 Share #7 Posted February 6, 2020 Post WW2 Navy/USMC suit. Nothing connected to WW2. Cheers, Jerry Link to post Share on other sites
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