Jacket, Flight/Lamping, A-2, Painted

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Identifier2017-10-27_object_002Accession Number2017-10-27Catalog Number2017-10-27/2Object NameJacket, FlightDescriptionBrown leather flight jacket, A-2 with painted back. Interior lined in brown satin-like fabric, with brown fabric waist band.

Lightweight leather jacket with full front zip, two front pockets.

Front of jacket, right chest: brown leather patch reads "C.H. Lamping"

Right arm: Army Air Forces round patch

Back of jacket: Painted design - "Warhorse" in red letters across top of back with 35 light brown bombs below.MaterialLeatherCottonSatinServiceUSAAFManufacturerPoughkeepsie Leather Coat Co., Inc.Date1939-1945Signature/MarksLabels: "Type A-2--Drawing No. 30-1415--AC Contract No. W535ac28560--Poughkeepsie Leather--Coat Co. Inc.--Poughkeepsie, N.Y.--Property--Air Force, U.S.Army."DimensionsShoulders flat: 18 in./Pit to Pit flat: 15 in./Marked size: 42Bibliographic CitationThe Museum of Flight CollectionRightsIn copyright

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