USAAF Type B-6: Contract No. 42-18283-P

• USAAF Contract No 42-18283-P

• Talon Zippers

• Original Label

• Stylish Slim Fit

• Two Pockets

• Epaulettes

• Choice of Body & Trim Colours

Although the introduction of a heavy sheepskin flying jacket, the Type B-3, was very popular with flight crews, at anything but the highest altitudes the B-3 proved too bulky and cumbersome even in the relatively roomy heavy bombers, and impossible to wear in the cramped confines of a fighter cockpit.

 

The AAF’s answer to this dilemma was to introduce the Type B-6, a lighter weight sheepskin, 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- the side adjustment features a unique zip closure waist adjustment method, drawing the bottom of the jacket in at the waist. The cuffs fasten by stud, and the B-6 is the only AAF Shearling Jacket with epaulettes. B-6’s had the lowest survival rate of all the AAF WWII sheepskin jackets, and an original B6 jacket is a very rare item indeed.

 

Our Jacket is available in Redskin or Seal with matching or contract Horsehide trim. Whatever the colour selected our B-6 will be an exact recreation of the original Aero Beacon NY 1942 contract, and follows the AAF design to the infinite detail.