Second Hand Aero USAAF Leather A-2 40-3785-P Horsehide Leather Jacket Size 48 Rocky Mountain retailer suspender buttons and a cinch

suspender buttons and a cinch back

from a master pattern hand constructed from jeweller’s wax

Measures 124 x 89 mm and can of course be used as a notebook in its own right as well

either as a protective outer layer or as a warming inner layer

Second Hand Aero USAAF Leather A-2 40-3785-P Horsehide Leather Jacket Size 48 Rocky Mountain retailer suspender buttons and a cinchThe history of the A 2 flight jacket runs back to the early 30's when it became the standard issued flight jacket used by the US Air Force. One of the main differences from it's predecessor, the A 1 jacket, is the addition of a zipper instead of buttons. The jacket remained in service up until 1943 and it is perhaps one of the most iconic leather jackets ever made. Many of the civilian causal and leisure styled leather jackets that became popular