Costa Posted February 13, 2007 Share #1 Posted February 13, 2007 Has any one ever seen or heard of Army Air Force WW2 marked trigger finger mittens? I have a pair, mint, with the AAF insignia in white on each one. Same insignia you see on the leather flight helmets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeL Posted February 14, 2007 Share #2 Posted February 14, 2007 Sweeting's book shows and talks about a couple of WWII leather types: A-6, A-9 & A-9A. My '54 dated copy of AFM 64-4 doesn't show any of them being carried over to the USAF, must have been an AAF only thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costa Posted February 14, 2007 Author Share #3 Posted February 14, 2007 These are not leather. They are wool. The same green wool trigger finger mittens for army troops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul.bertholf Posted July 15, 2014 Share #4 Posted July 15, 2014 I have a set of ype A-9A Spec NO 94-3070-A size large. They were made by the Alexette Glove Corp. and are marked property Air forces U.S. Army. They belonged to my Grand father who was the adjutant of the Hawaiian Air Forces 7 Dec 1941 at Hickam AAF. He later became theagjutant ad G-1 of 5th Army during the Italian campaign. His Invasion flag worn on the arm is marked Oran and Arzew in North Africa and Anzio and Salerno in Italy. The gloves are beige in color made out of leather outers and probably wool lining which is white. Semper Fidelis, Paul Bertholf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmar836 Posted August 9, 2019 Share #5 Posted August 9, 2019 Can I ask why this thread is pinned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted November 25, 2020 Share #6 Posted November 25, 2020 Three finger leather gloves in period photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmar836 Posted February 8, 2023 Share #7 Posted February 8, 2023 The original post was asking about wool trigger finger mittens. Not leather. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted February 8, 2023 Share #8 Posted February 8, 2023 Aren’t the wool mittens inserts ? And yes, why is this pinned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmar836 Posted February 8, 2023 Share #9 Posted February 8, 2023 I guess I haven't seen mitten-specific inserts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted February 8, 2023 Share #10 Posted February 8, 2023 It’s a guess on my part, I have no documentation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfixer Posted February 8, 2023 Share #11 Posted February 8, 2023 I have not come across AAF specific cloth mittens with wool mitten inserts, I've seen AAF leather shell mittens with wool inserts sans the trigger finger... and there is the yellow/orange AAF anti exposure mittens that have wool inserts but no trigger finger, and these are sewn together at the cuff... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfixer Posted February 8, 2023 Share #12 Posted February 8, 2023 Yellow AAF F-1 and AAF A-12, no trigger finger on the A-12, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmar836 Posted February 8, 2023 Share #13 Posted February 8, 2023 Yeah. I have examples of both of those but that's not what came to mind based on Costa's post. Sweeting's print of the Type Designation Sheets have quite a few gloves I've never seen so who knows? Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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