OldGreg
04-30-13, 12:39
Nice article, here's a description and link from Fox News:
FOX NEWS (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/30/wwii-bomber-jacket-rescued-from-goodwill-returned-to-0-year-old-vet/)
A military buff like John Dodds could tell right away the leather bomber jacket wasn't just any old coat hanging on a rack at a Washington, D.C., Goodwill shop.
The leather was a a bit stiff, but it was in good shape, with that perfect vintage patina. On the back was a red-bearded man in a winged helmet, the words “Red Raiders” and “22nd Bomb Group” emblazoned above and below. The jacket had lieutenant bars, a pricetag of $17 and a pretty big clue as to its original owner.
"Robert G. Arand" read the name tag on the front breast, a former B-24 pilot who is alive and well in Cincinnati.
Dodds, assistant general counsel for the Air Force and an amateur military historian, plunked down the $17. Within 24 hours, he had reached Robert Arand by phone.
What I also find cool is the resemblance to the Northern Red logo!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v327/Tonesnob/bomberjacket2_zps29bb9c9e.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Tonesnob/media/bomberjacket2_zps29bb9c9e.jpg.html)
(Stolen from Google search, sorry)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/2fun/Northern%20Red%20Pistol%20Inception%207-7-2012%207-8-2012/IMG_6584.jpg
FOX NEWS (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/30/wwii-bomber-jacket-rescued-from-goodwill-returned-to-0-year-old-vet/)
A military buff like John Dodds could tell right away the leather bomber jacket wasn't just any old coat hanging on a rack at a Washington, D.C., Goodwill shop.
The leather was a a bit stiff, but it was in good shape, with that perfect vintage patina. On the back was a red-bearded man in a winged helmet, the words “Red Raiders” and “22nd Bomb Group” emblazoned above and below. The jacket had lieutenant bars, a pricetag of $17 and a pretty big clue as to its original owner.
"Robert G. Arand" read the name tag on the front breast, a former B-24 pilot who is alive and well in Cincinnati.
Dodds, assistant general counsel for the Air Force and an amateur military historian, plunked down the $17. Within 24 hours, he had reached Robert Arand by phone.
What I also find cool is the resemblance to the Northern Red logo!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v327/Tonesnob/bomberjacket2_zps29bb9c9e.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Tonesnob/media/bomberjacket2_zps29bb9c9e.jpg.html)
(Stolen from Google search, sorry)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/2fun/Northern%20Red%20Pistol%20Inception%207-7-2012%207-8-2012/IMG_6584.jpg