Take the stress out of your custom leather jacket order with the Thurston fit jacket process! For USA deliveries, we take care of everything! Our stock and custom jacket pricing already includes US customs tax (16%), brokerage fees (2%), currency conversion fees (2%) and international shipping from the mfr. An easy fit jacket process and no-surprises pricing!
Aero USAAF Redskin Type B-6 Contract No 42-18283-P
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Aero Leather Clothing

Aero USAAF Redskin Type B-6 Contract No 42-18283-P

$ 1,774.99

Comparison to direct Aero pricing  (use Google exchange rate converter for today's rate of Great British Pounds to US Dollars)

1,050 GBP--B-6
50 GBP--Shipping to the United States
176 GBP--Customs and Import Fees from Scotland (16%)
22 GBP--Brokerage fee (2%)
22 GBP--International currency fee (2%)
1,320.00 GBP--Cost for Jacket

Every Thurston Bros custom jacket order includes the use of a fit jacket and a professional fit consultation.  Fit consultation includes chest circumference evaluation as well as shoulder width and waist circumference recommendations.  Additionally, the fit jacket is used to determine custom body and sleeve lengths.  All fit recommendations are based on using the fit jacket as a measuring tool for the custom build.  Please keep in mind that three customers with the same body measurements will choose three different sizes in the same style (one chooses a tight fit, another prefers a regular fit and the third wants a roomier fit).  The fit jacket consultation makes it easy for each customer to get the fit and lengths they desire!

 

This is one of the rarest flight jackets of WW2.

Although the introduction of a heavy sheepskin flying jacket, the Type B3, was very popular with flight crews, it proved too bulky and cumbersome at anything but the highest altitudes. The B3 was too much for even the relatively roomy, heavy bombers and it was impossible to wear in the cramped confines of a fighter cockpit.

The Air Force's answer to this dilemma was to produce a lightweight sheepskin jacket in 1939, very much along the lines of the D-1, but with a bi-swing back, adjustable cuffs, and epaulets. This stylish flight jacket has other unusual features such as the side adjustments that feature a unique zip closure waist adjustment method, drawing the bottom of the jacket in at the waist.

B6's had the lowest survival rate of all the AAF WWII sheepskin jackets, and an original B6 jacket is a very rare item indeed. The rarest of the rare of course is a Redskin B-6. Although some of the early versions were made in what had now become known as "redskin" sheepskin (a term not used during WWII), the vast majority were made in the standard seal brown.

Aero's B6 uses original Aero Beacon NY patterns, and follows the Air Force design faithfully.

We recommend Vicenza Horsehide trim (upgrade charge of $45).

To find out what we currently have in stock in the Aero Type B-6, contact us at sales@thurston-bros.com. You can also contact us for professional sizing for this style. Click HERE for more information on ordering a custom Aero jacket!

 This product page is for the payment to start the custom order process for a custom B-6.  The payment is for the base price of the B-6 plus the shipping for the fit jacket.  You can read more about the fit jacket process our Custom Aero page!  The costs for extra items are listed on the Custom Aero page.

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