Vintage Original 50s WWll B-9 Winter Flight Parka mans belt doing their best to recreate

doing their best to recreate functional clothing from the past

- Decorative arcuate stitch on pocket openings

- Made in Portugal

and the Tender Plautus face logo is hand-engraved onto the belly

Vintage Original 50s WWll B-9 Winter Flight Parka mans belt doing their best to recreateThe B 9 Winter Flight Parka was standardized on July 22nd 1943, and produced to 1944, the B 9 was the first cloth parka used by the USAAF. As World War II broke out and the number of soldiers increased, the development of a highly productive jacket became urgent. Securing mouton for the hood became difficult in this period, and with the revision of production costs, cotton twill was selected for the outer fabric. The back has an elastic strip