Welcome! Where in Italy do you live?

My dad sometimes wore a navy flight jacket when flying army medivac helicopters in Korea.  I think his mentality from Special Forces carried over to his new role.  One of these days I need to make a thread about him.  

I was able to make out the name on the laundry ticket.  Lieutenant James E. Dagon served as a naval aviator in the United States Navy Reserve.  Flew as a dive-bomber pilot with Attack Squadron VA-923 in the Korean War.  Somehow their paths crossed in San Diego.  Served from 1942 to 1952.  Interestingly it’s Dagon’s handwriting after comparing it to his draft registration card.   So he wrote down all his info onto the back of the laundry slip and it ended up in this jacket  VA-923 was based out of San Diego as well as the USS Valley Forge.  Somehow it got in this pocket 

Maybe we will se it on this forum some day... Then it might just evolve into a thread similar to this one :))

I have heard of USMC blue dress uniforms being reused (still done today sometimes as they are expensive, when acquired new, and so some Marines turn to surplus stores to get their's). Maybe that explains all the different names on the jacket...

Thank you for all the pictures of - among others - your uniform! I was aware of the commercial shirts made by Seafarer, but was never sure if they were allowed for peofessional US Navy wear...   Thank you for your service, Jules

Thank you very much for the insight into the strange history of the black shirts! I never knew, that they were more of a stop-gap than anything else! I only ever heard, that they were heavily disliked and just wondered why. But your explanation makes sense. Thank you and thank you for your service!   Jules

To cover up the gaps between the large pieces like the two sides of the fuselage i use Tamiya putty filler. I thin it up just a bit with lacquer thinner then apply with a brush into the seams.  after it dries, I use a flexible sanding sponge then paint over with my airbrush.

Thank you patches! Very helpful. I was going to ask you about the white tapes I found, but I'll bet it's in the threads you sent. I'll dig in tonight. Great information!