b-7 winter parka

[groundpounder]

does anyone out there know which branch of the usaaf would have utilized the b-7 winter parka? and dont tell me wherever it was cold! i have recently aquired one and am looking for some more info on this type of jacket. thanks, sim.

[tom d. friedman]

how about a pic??

[Don Martin]

Is that the blue waist-length parker with the wolf-fur coller that was just sold on E-bay a week or so ago?

[groundpounder]

the very same.

[Don Martin]

If I'm not mistaken, Jimmy Stewert(And the rest of the Flight crew on the B-36) wore one of those in "Strategic Air Command". I remember seeing crews wearing the olive green version around here(Maine ANG-ADC then SAC) and even down at Altus AFB(MAC) Okla. when I was In the USAF. So I hate to say it, but...............................................................................

[groundpounder]

were you gonna say wherever it was cold?

[groundpounder]

i wqs thinking that maybe they might have been used by the b24 crews in alaska, but i have no info to support this.

[Don Martin]

Yeh, but, I figured Everyone knew were it was going!

[Don Martin]

I might be talking about the wrong one. This is the one I was looking at.
Don

Description (revised)

This is a U. S. Air Force Type N-2A Flight Jacket in very good + condition. This jacket dates from the 1950’s. The label is in perfect condition and reads, "Jacket, Flying, Heavy attached Hood, Type N-2A, Specification MIL-J-6278, Drawing No. 51B-3556, Size, Large, Stock No. USAF 8310-485800-451, Order No.-AF-33 (038)21840, MONARCH MFG. CO., Dry Clean Only, U. S. Property" This jacket does have the Air Force insignia on the left arm.

[groundpounder]

i wish that i had a pic to show you but i dont. this jacket is a big , heavy sheepskin parka, very long and i suspect , very warm. it has the white undyed hide so i would think that it is from around 39' or 40'. unless they made them like that later on also. i guess you could say its in the same genre of a b-3 type jacket only longer, and totally different. i dont really know anything about the history of this style of jacket, so if ya do..................................... thanks!!

[Obergrafeter]

I think those collars were coyote not wolf, but I saw them on APs at Minot in the 70s

[Taigh Ramey]

We have a B-7 parka in the collection that was donated by a pilot who flew in the Aleutians during WWII. I will have to check but I seem to recall that he flew the A-20. There was a matching set of flight gear that had that natural white overall finish trimmed with brown leather reinforcing strips. We also have the pants and boots but lack the gloves. I believe that the hood on the parka was trimmed in wolverine.

[groundpounder]

thanks for the info!