Great jacket - definately has the 'look' from 10 meters. Unfortunately one of my buckles was bent and skewed - and the jacket has been stored and compressed for sometime, so the leathers creased. But Im being fussy now.

Lovely piece of kit. And the collar is just fantastic! Not like these weird modern expensivo repros.

Stewart - GB

WPG''s reproduction of the Type B-3 is one of the few remaining bargains of the genre. For those who need a presentable example of this jacket for routine air operations, it provides the opportunity to save the originals from wear and tear at a very reasonable price. If we beat one up trying to do the Steve McQueen through the B-17''s nose hatch, there is no lingering regret that we''ve destroyed a piece of Americana. I''ve bought three of these since they were first produced in the late 90''s, and all are still presentable.

They don''t differ in any practical way from the originals (at least the post-1939 versions) but there are slight variations depending on availability of parts. The welting is occasionally wider than prewar specs, and the buckles are not standard, but if you''re a purist, they''re easily replaced by surplus parts from A-3 pants. All in all, Jerry has done the warbird and reenactor community a great favor by remanufacturing these icons of the AAF... and saved a lot of originals from destruction. If you have to use these jackets on a regular basis, I recommend that you think twice before paying Eastman or Lost World prices. At half the price, these are 7x10, and a real bargain.
-JWH, Personal Equipment Officer, 533 Sqdrn

James - New York, NY

I''ve had mine for two years now and it looks and feels great. The zipper is terrible though. First it was hard to engage and zip and now it''s broken entirely.

Mikeb - New Jersey