Detail Spiewak Type A-2 Flight Leather Jacket

The Spiewak Type A-2 flight jacket was adopted as standard by the United States Air Force as a successor to the Type A-1 flight jacket on 9 May 1931. The Type A-2 Leather Flight Jacket is an American military flight jacket originally invented and developed for and closely associated with World War II U.S. Air Force pilots, navigators, and bombardiers, who often decorated their jackets with patches of squadron and elaborate artwork painted on top. Backwards. Sometimes casually called a bomber jacket, its original designation was “Flyer Jacket”. Detail of a front pocket jacket.