![]() Long and extra-long fittings available at no additional cost on custom order only. You may rest assured that if you order seal brown as the color option, you will receive seal brown trim on your B-3 Jacket, but the color will not be a perfect color match to the jacket body color because the dyes employed for the sheepskin and horsehide are as different as the two leather types are themselves, which is EXACTLY how the vintage jackets from WWII were also produced. Due to the nature of the very thin, translucent aniline dyes used on this horsehide, this leather may vary in color by a greater margin than what may be depicted in these website photos. Please note: The sleeve reinforcements, seam taping and pockets of this B-3 Jacket in the seal brown color are now crafted from Eastman's Vintage Warhorse horsehide, which is the same leather type and color employed in production of Eastman's standard A-2 Jacket in seal brown horsehide. Today, more than 75 years from conception, this classic look is still in high demand. Original B-3 Flight Jackets are true collector items, with choice examples demanding premium prices. Features include: two hefty collar and waist adjustment belts with ink authentic AAF inspector stamps, snaps on collar and jacket chest, one tool pocket (no hand-warmer pockets ever appeared on the original B-3 Flight Jackets), three-piece back, reproduction 1942 nickel-plated Talon zipper, and woven spec. The soft sheep wool encases your body, ensuring maximum body warmth retention. This beautiful garment is the perfect natural insulator for cold weather. (some original jackets had goatskin or steerhide sleeve reinforcements and trim), and available in either Russet or Seal Brown color options, both of which are equally authentic. All trim leather and arm reinforcements are made of horsehide, as per original spec. The wool color is one of several that are correct, being an off-white, butter-like shade. Hides are vegetable tanned, then hand dyed with dark brown polyacrylate pigment and lacquered. Using the original North American breed of sheep to ensure authenticity, it’s constructed from the correct differing wool depths, not one depth of too-puffy wool as found on inferior knock-offs. This Eastman Leather B-3 Flight Jacket example typifies the most commonly encountered wartime version made from 1942-43. changes over the years, culminating in the simplified pattern of late 1943. The B-3 Flight Jacket underwent a series of spec. ![]() This is classic USAAF high-altitude bomber crew jacket of WWII – the type B-3 Flight Jacket! Inspired by the RAF Aircrew Jacket designed by Leslie Irvin, the B-3 Flight Jacket was standardized in 1934 and originally produced from unfinished raw-white sheepskin (which has sometimes been erroneously and foolishly referenced as being produced for use in Alaska – dream on!). ![]()
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