An Early World War II Naval Fighter/Bomber Leather Flight Suit

Item Details

An Early World War II Naval Fighter/Bomber Leather Flight suit with Fur Collar. Inner Lining missing. Unknown Size. Measures 5’ 3’ from the neck to the bottom of the leg. Width at the chest is 21’ so that would make this approximately a size 42 Flight suit. Appears to be a Colvinex. As described. Good condition. Please preview for your own personal assessment.

Update: Per the consignor, ‘This particular flight suit is an early war, Pacific theater naval flight suit, most probably from a carrier based squadron. The pilots would tear out the lining due to the terrible heat fighting in the pacific. These naval suits from the pacific theater of fighting are ten times rarer than your normal ETO ( Eastern Theater of Operations ) flight suits. The pilots preferred the leather flight suits, but had to modify them by tearing out the liners. Still, a nice early example of a WWII Naval flight suit from early in the war, after Pearl Harbor.’

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Item #

15CIN298-026