piercedbiker666 Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Hi, i'm looking for some help to identify & evaluate what i believe to be a ww2 flying jacket. It has what i believe to be heating wires in the sleeves with a 2 prong plug about 6 inches up the sleeve with a heavy duty press stud below it about 2 inches up the sleeve. It has 8 vent holes under each arm. The zips have DOT on them with MADE IN ENGLAND around it in a circular manner. On the label is..... The Crown with A.M. underneath it. Running beside the crown is the letters B.81864/40/C.I.D. With a small stitched in label (approx 5mm square) with a red 6. on it. The red 6 is larger than all the other numbers & the same size as the A.M. What exactly is the significance of the numbers? Many thanks in advance. Mick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie370 Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 You might want to try asking the question on Flypast's Historic forum, http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark m uk Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 (edited) Hi, i'm looking for some help to identify & evaluate what i believe to be a ww2 flying jacket.It has what i believe to be heating wires in the sleeves with a 2 prong plug about 6 inches up the sleeve with a heavy duty press stud below it about 2 inches up the sleeve. It has 8 vent holes under each arm. The zips have DOT on them with MADE IN ENGLAND around it in a circular manner. On the label is..... The Crown with A.M. underneath it. Running beside the crown is the letters B.81864/40/C.I.D. With a small stitched in label (approx 5mm square) with a red 6. on it. The red 6 is larger than all the other numbers & the same size as the A.M. What exactly is the significance of the numbers? Many thanks in advance. Mick. It sounds like a wareing jacket - an electrically heated sheepshin jacket worn by aircrew in WW2. cant be really specific, but the numbers are most likely 'stores reference numbers'. The jackets were part of a complete suit that included trousers and gloves, boots etc, the sleeves had a female socket that plugged into a male on the gloves, the whole suit completed the circuit and was like wearing a sheepskin electric blanket. The yanks used a 'baby blue sleeper' like a childs romper suit with the wires in - even had a 'crap flap' at the back. they also had a two piece kahki suit thjat joined together at the waist - all had add on gloves and boots all in 24v. British wareing jackets are quite rate - more so than regular jackets. Edited October 17, 2009 by mark m uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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