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Vietnam USAF Party Suits UDORN USAFB "Guy In Back" Navigator


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I wanted to share these with the forum. I had never seen them or heard of a "party suit." In fact, my first thought was to cut the patches off these ugly coveralls. Glad I didn't do that. They come from the estate of a WWII - Vietnam period Navigator. He was at Udorn in the late 1960s. One of his awards was dated 1968-1969. I blacked out his name in the photos.

 

The purple suit is jacket with matching pants. This one doesn't have a label. The blue suit has a matching ascot and the claw is stenciled on the back.

Purchased from the estate. 100 percent genuine.

 

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Nice. Looks like a WSO in the 13th TFS 1969-71 ( Mekong Mice patch is from that era when the bombing on NVN suspended). I would guess when he made LTC he was then the Maint. Sqdn. CO.

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Very nice examples.

 

Thank you for not cutting these up. Unfortunately, that was the fate of many of these party suits early on.

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