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This A-2 Jacket has been done in the 393rd Bomb Squadron, 509th Composite Group, 20th Army Air Force. I have done all patches with leather sewing rings. Name strip tag is in antique stain. I did not do the Captains bars... but it's something I've been looking into. The 393rd patch, is slightly modified as per client. The original patch has only a hint of a B-29 bomber in the dragon's claws... (white outline)...and the 500lbs. bombs are also a white outline shapes under the arms of the dragon. The client requested a rendering of the B-29 "Bockscar" in the claws of the dragon... and more realistic bombs under the arms of the dragon to which I did. The client had the nose art of "Bockscar" painted on the back of the jacket, which, with all the other patches on the jacket... blended quite well with the painted nose art theme.

Close up view of the right side of the 393rd A-2 jacket.

Close up view of the left side of the 393rd A-2 Jacket. This photo shows the leather sewing rings around both the shoulder patch and the squadron patch very well... and a good shot of the leather strip name tag as well.

This view of the back of the 393rd A-2 jacket, painted with the nose art of "Bockscar". Really great work!... wish I could take credit for it... but I can't...

Here's a photo of an A-2 jacket made of gaberdine material, with the 47th Bombardment Squadron patch attached. I believe that this jacket is a new line from "AERO Manufacturing". Looks like it has the same lines as the original leather A-2 jacket... but at half the price. Pretty cool!

Here is another version of the 47th Bombardment Squadron patch. This customer was honoring his grandfather, for his time and service in the 47th Bomb Squadron during WWII... Lookin good!

Here's another example of the 47th Bomb Squadron A-2 jacket, with all of the standard patches. Army Air Force Head Quarters, Air Force shoulder patches, squadron patch and standard name leather name tag.

A-2 jacket with the 64th Fighter Squadron "Black Scorpions" of the 57th Fighter Group. This jacket was done as a memorial for the client's father "Captain Earl D. Lovick"... who was an original member of the 64th, before the group was shipped out to North Africa in 1942. Capt. Lovick stayed with the 57th Fighter Group until the war ended. Check out the 57th Fighter Group Association's website. Lots of wartime photos, including those of Capt. Lovick's photos as well.

This A-2 jacket was created by our customer, who is stationed in Cambrai, France. The same airfield that the 394th Bomb Group of the 9th Army Air Force flew during WWII.
He picked the 586th Bomb Squadron for his jacket. Jim did the squadron patch and name tag, and Sean did the shoulder patches...

Close up of the 9th Air Force shoulder patch, the name tag and 586th squadron patch.

Close up of the Army Air Force Head-Quarter's shoulder patch.
All of these patches are aged and weathered.

This A-2 jacket was created by a customer to honor his uncle, who flew for the 23rd Bomb Squadron of the 5th Bomb Group. Who was shot down over Rabaul in 1942.
Our customer wears his honor jacket to airshows and military parades, as he drives in his restored WWII Jeep.

Here's an original A-2 jacket of the 64th Fighter Squadron from the famous 57th Fighter Group. The patches and name tag, replaced the missing patches of the originals. The jacket is on display in honor of the pilot who wore this jacket in combat. Included in the display, is the pilot's original service colt .45 pistol and shoulder holster.

This shadow box was created by the family of Lt. Ralph Webb who flew for the 1328th "Flying Fuelers" Air Transport Command, CBI. Lt. Webb flew hundreds of hours over the dreaded "Hump" in the Himalayas. This shadow box is at the Letcher County AAF/USAF Veterans Museum in Whites burg, Kentucky which is Lt. Webb's hometown.

Customer's A-2 jacket done in the Tuskegee Airmen 99th Fighter Squadron patch with 15th Air Force shoulder patch...

This is an A-2 jacket of the Doolittle Raiders, 95th Bomb Squadron. The jacket has an early Army Air Force Head Quarters shoulder patch. Jim's standard name tag and a painted 95th "Kicking Mule" patch with leather sewing ring...

This is an A-2 jacket done with the 4th Fighter Group patches. Including the Army Air Force Head Quarters, and Air Force shoulder patches. A standard name tag and painted group patch of the 4th Fighter Group.

This A-2 jacket, was created from an actual WWII named veteran, Lt. Walter J. Stecko. The original jacket was purchased from an estate auction and the owner of the jacket contacted both Sean and Jim to do an exact replica of the original Stecko jacket. The 14th Air force and 22nd Bomb Squadron patches are Jim's painted patches. The name tag is a painted name tag, done in English, Arabic and Chinese languages.

This customer's A-2 jacket is done in the 570th Bomb Squadron patch and custom shoulder patch with standard name tag...

This original WWII A-2 jacket, is from the 460th Bomb Group. The customer's father was a navigator for this group... and wanted all of the worn out and deteriorated leather patches to be replaced as they literally fell off the jacket!
The customer sent Jim the original patches to copy, for the reproduction artwork. This is the finished jacket, complete with the new patches, based on all of the original patches. Great granddaughter, proudly models her grandfathers jacket...

Jim was commissioned by the March Field Air Museum in Southern California, to paint the entire 41st Bombardment Group's squadron patches for their newly revamped air museum.
The 41st Bomb Group glass display, has an original B-25G instrument panel, a top turret optical sight, maps and history of the group and several original movie videos, that the visitors can watch, of the 41st Bomb Group in action during the WWII.
March Army Air Field was established in 1917, and was a primary combat training facility for many fighter and bomber groups thru WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam and throughout the cold war.