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Art of the Flight Jacket: Classic Leather Jackets of World War II (Schiffer Military/Aviation History)

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maguires book is a stunning photo reference of world war two flight jackets. heavy emphasis is placed on the "art" aspect focusing on the individual art that ww2 air crewman chose to adorn their flight jackets. there are many color photographs as this is the books focus, the weakness of the book comes from it's lack of text. there is not much here for someone who wants to read about the subject, just lots of full color photographs....and frankly for this edition thats good enough. the definitive flight jacket book hasn't yet been written.

This book looks at artwork painted on WWII A-2 jackets worn by aircrewmen of the USAAF, mostly bomber crews. During the war the brass looked the other way as airmen decorated their jackets with unit, airplane and even individual artwork. Filled with examples of surviving jackets, the only fault I find with the book is that it should have had more examples from historic sources, which I know exist.

As it is, this book serves as a great reference or just something to leaf through.

I wanted a book for research for having a new leather A2 flight jacket painted. I found this book to be very informative, and with many excellent photos. I recommend it to anyone with an interest in WWII flight jacket artwork.