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[Clouseau]

It is a complicated topic. Army requirements changed slightly every year and different companies were making flight jackets for them so a lot of details varies...

 

[Clouseau]

A modern repro of the original L2B :

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Shouler straps and flap and snap fastener at the bottom.
The actual original L2s had a higher (almost gaucho) cut and were more sinched at the waist.
As Clouseau said, it's confusing because some L2s come without shoulder straps the same as MA1s.
There was more of a difference with the older ones. Not only were they a lighter jacket, but they had a different cut to them.

Always found this guy has The Look. L-2A lightweight flight jacket, Korea 1953. You probably know L2s and MA1s were first issued in blue. They were later issued in sage green for camouflage reasons.

 

[pressuredrop]

Anyone know if the Mikkel Rude cardigans are wool or a wool blend?

 

[Thin White Duke]

Interesting stuff about the jackets fellas I love the military history of jackets and other items. Thanks. I didn’t know that the L2 seems to be a brief intermediary between the MA1 and the CWU of which I own both.

I got a knock off black MA1 in the nineties to do double duty as a ski jacket. It’s very bulky (Michelin Man!) and now I only throw it on eg on a rare cold day if I have to nip out to the shop etc.

For a more recent ski trip I got the black CWU45. I splattered it with Union flags and roundels so I can be easily identified from distance on the slopes. It’s shorter than the MA1 and somehow seems less bulky and warmer at the same time.

Either one is an option for the colder weather you have back home but they’re not that stylish and for me in most cases I’m reaching for a Harrington, a monkey jacket or a trucker before these, or if it’s cold I’m pulling out my A-2. Highway to the Danger Zone!!

 

[Rais]

I made a new challenge theme; you guys participated so well for the last one so I tried to make this theme inclusive to fit in with what I consider to be your guys' style. Hope a few of you can participate.

https://www.styleforum.net/threads/sw-d-challenge-–-bomber-jackets-22-march-to-15-april-2018.613821/

 

[flyfronted]

Cant go wrong with Buzz rickson - obsessive F***ers who nail the details

 

[Inkss]

My horsehide flight jacket

Not so much 'highway to the dangerzone', more of a Memphis Bell-end.

 

[user12345]

more of a Memphis Bell-end.

lol

 

[The Saint]

I have only ever seen one L2-B and it happened to have a collar on it , can't find a picture of such but I do have a pic of the N3-B which was also developed from the MA-1 but this time for colder climes . It was sometimes worn by Mods back in the day but I don't know about Skins. .

 

[Botolph]

I have only ever seen one L2-B and it happened to have a collar on it , can't find a picture of such but I do have a pic of the N3-B which was also developed from the MA-1 but this time for colder climes . It was sometimes worn by Mods back in the day but I don't know about Skins. .

I have the Real McCoy's version of this with the woolen inner(as opposed to poly fill), and it's great for our 125ºC New England winters. Excellent coat. Maybe not part of "the Look", but definitely more practical than a sheepskin when the weather turns.



And of course that'd be -25ºC. Yowza!

 

[benj84]

I have the Real McCoy's version of this with the woolen inner(as opposed to poly fill), and it's great for our 125ºC New England winters. Excellent coat. Maybe not part of "the Look", but definitely more practical than a sheepskin when the weather turns.

Jesus Botolph, you are a hard bastard if you wear a coat with wool lining at 125degrees c

 

[Botolph]

Jesus Botolph, you are a hard bastard if you wear a coat with wool lining at 125degrees c

Whoops!!! Oh Lordy, Lordy... of course I meant -25ºC. Whoooosh!

 

[The Saint]

I have the Real McCoy's version of this with the woolen inner(as opposed to poly fill), and it's great for our 125ºC New England winters. Excellent coat. Maybe not part of "the Look", but definitely more practical than a sheepskin when the weather turns.



And of course that'd be -25ºC. Yowza!

Yeah the N3-B makes a decent coat with the wool batting and even more so if you have the real coyote fur hood trim. .
The navy coloured N3-A was popular here in the 7ts. .

 

[The Saint]

 

[Thin White Duke]

Those parkas were known as ‘snorkels’ in England - usually navy blue - and no self respecting Mod in our set would be caught dead in one. I had one when I was 13 and wore it on the milk round, it may have slightly overlapped the earliest of my own Mod days but was worn purely for function in the brutal winters of 78 and 79 and never saw the light of day when I was ‘dressed up’.