Proud WWII Pilots Modelling their Personalised Flight Jackets

They all had them; the standard A-2 flight jacket that every soldier was issued during the war, but I could never really imagine these tough, battle-worn guys sitting around, designing and doodling their own customised bombers. While some were clearly made professionally and some were homemade while killing time in between the action, here’s a fantastic collection of photographs from the National Archives on Flickr which document the personalised leather jackets of bomber crews…

See all the jackets on D. Sheley‘s Flickr collection.