carrabassett Posted September 3, 2018 Share #1 Posted September 3, 2018 Picked this nice jacket up recently and would love to know if anyone could shed any info on the pilot, W.G. Miete. The patches are neat and the painted skull is pretty cool too. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carrabassett Posted September 3, 2018 Author Share #2 Posted September 3, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted September 3, 2018 Share #3 Posted September 3, 2018 Great looking jacket! Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted September 3, 2018 Share #4 Posted September 3, 2018 His full name is Walter G Miete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cricket Posted September 4, 2018 Share #5 Posted September 4, 2018 Sorry no info on the owner but a beautiful jacket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted September 4, 2018 Share #6 Posted September 4, 2018 Very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffro Posted September 4, 2018 Share #7 Posted September 4, 2018 Here's a photo of the squadron from the Bonnie Dick's 1952 Cruise book: Your man is in the middle of the first row. Jeffro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carrabassett Posted September 4, 2018 Author Share #8 Posted September 4, 2018 Thanks Jeffro, that’s fantastic! Appreciate all the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulruss Posted September 4, 2018 Share #9 Posted September 4, 2018 Good looking jacket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry_k Posted September 4, 2018 Share #10 Posted September 4, 2018 What a great WW2 contracted jacket! Thanks for the pics. Regards, Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aznation Posted September 4, 2018 Share #11 Posted September 4, 2018 Really cool looking jacket! Anyone notice what appears to be words forming the teeth of the painted skull? Can't make it out for sure, but kinda looks like fighting Sr on top and "justice" below that. Any other comments/guesses on wording or am I wrong about those being words of some kind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted September 4, 2018 Share #12 Posted September 4, 2018 The skull is stenciled. owen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carrabassett Posted September 4, 2018 Author Share #13 Posted September 4, 2018 The skull stencil design was originally for VA-34 which was redesignated VF-9A in 1946. The “teeth” of the skull spelled Fighting 20 on the original WW2 design but changed to Fighting 9A post war as seen on this jacket. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aznation Posted September 4, 2018 Share #14 Posted September 4, 2018 The skull stencil design was originally for VA-34 which was redesignated VF-9A in 1946. The “teeth” of the skull spelled Fighting 20 on the original WW2 design but changed to Fighting 9A post war as seen on this jacket. Thanks! Thanks for the explanation of the teeth spelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1canpara Posted September 5, 2018 Share #15 Posted September 5, 2018 Wow! That’s a beauty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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