Author: Mick J. Prodger
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Place: Atglen, PA
Author: Atsushi Matsushima, Ado Shirasawa, Manabu Harada
Publisher: Ei Publishing Co.
Place: Tokyo
Series: Lightning Archives
Brown leather double breasted coat with matching belt and sheepskin collar. Brown rayon lining above the waist and sleeves with brown wool fleece linining the coat skirts. Brown wool rib knit cuffs inside the sleeves. Three lines of stitching around the hem and cuffs. Size 40. Black label with yellow text, worn.
Country of Design: United States
Country of Manufacture: United States
Keywords: Military, uniform, Second World War, flying, transport
United States Navy
Brown leather overall or coverall flight suit with a brown sheepskin lining and metal zip closures. Marked: 'Fl- Horst Holtenau' (the Air Force Command for Sea Planes / Aircraft Luftwaffe)
Country of Design: Germany
Country of Manufacture: Germany
Keywords: Flying, air force, military, war
Luftwaffe
Fleece reversible camouflage jacket. One side is woodland camouflage in dark green, red brown, black and light yellow brown. The reverse is desert camouflage in shades of beige and light brown.
Belgian Armed Forces
Trousers made of printed camouflage pattern cotton. They fasten centre front with a four button fly, there are two adjustable button tabs at the front waistband. The waistband has five long vertical belt loop tabs that fasten with buttons, two at the front, two at the side and one at the centre back. There are two vertical inset pockets to the side seams and two large patch pockets with flaps to the thighs. The patch pockets fasten with hidden buttons in the flaps. All of the buttons are green plastic. The cuffs have drawstring channels with elasticated cords. Label in the back of the inside waistband.
Australian Government Clothing Factory
Cream wool knit underwear with cream calico cotton yoke. The underwear fastens centre front with three cream plastic buttons and has two attached cotton straps on each side of the waist for adjustment. They are fitted and come down to mid thigh with a deep rib knit band around the hem and a gusset at the crotch. There are scratch marks on the buttons and some stains. They are stamped in black ink on the left back waist: WOMBWELL & Co. LTD / 39" / 1941
Country of Design: United Kingdom
Country of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Keywords: Military uniform
British Army
Pair of dark blue cotton twill shorts with elasticated waist. They fasten centre front with a short button fly that has two black horn buttons. Label in the back of the waistband with manufacturer and War Department 'broad arrow' marking.
WM. McMullan & Sons Ltd
Pair of white cotton webbing trouser braces with undyed leather button loops. To go with trousers 2016.107.1
Country of Design: United States
Designer unknown
Pair of short trousers made of MTP (Multi Terrain Pattern) camouflage fabric. They have a wide draw cord waistband with four long belt loops and a green webbing tape. Across the front and back crotch is a khaki green elasticated insert. The inner crotch between the legs is made of beige mesh. Over the inner thigh area at back and front are pockets sewn onto the trousers with three khaki webbing tabs (designed for armour plates to be inserted). There are two large oval shaped khaki green patches at the knees and the trouser legs go to just below the knee. They have an elasticated band around the bottom hem and there are long zips down each outer leg. There are flapped pockets (for armour inserts) down each outer leg which layer across the zips and fasten down the back of each leg with three triangular tabs with press studs. These trousers are designed to be worn with seven armour plates (not included).
Designer unknown
