Talk:A-2 jacket

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If someone has one please feel free to post it, but please only post photos of WWII era jackets, or vintage photos of pilots wearing A-2's. I don't want this article to become an advertisement for any current manufacturer.

This article really needs a photograph of one of these jackets. There must be a collector out there with one, who could just snap a pic and upload it.--Srleffler 22:12, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

I found an old wartime advertisement that should be in the Public Domain, uploaded it and posted it. I'm not even sure that the company still exists today. Enjoy :-) אמר Steve Caruso _(poll) 19:52, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, Steve. Actually Aero is the only wartime manufacturer that does still exist. They manufacturer very faithful reproductions of their wartime Aero jackets at their factory in England. -Ken Keisel

After an extensive search I've not been able to locate proof that an authentic WWII A-2 was ever manufactured by Wilis & Geiger, or that they ever had an A-2 contract during the war. Comments by others lead me to believe that although the company existed at the time, the A-2 was a product introduced by them in the 1980's, and seems to have been instrumental in their demise at the hands of Land's End. If anyone can conclusively prove that there is an authentic WWII Willis & Geiger contract I will gladly add their name back to the manufacturer's list. On the note of photos, if anyone has any actual wartime photos of a pilot wearing an original WWII era A-2 please feel free to add it to the article. I'm grateful for the advertisement, but a wartime photo would be preferred.- Ken Keisel