Bomber Jackets: The Painted Jacket Art of World War II | Military Aviation Museum

The Legendary Type A-2 Flying Jacket has become an icon of World War II. Widely personalized by aircrews, and known colloquially as The Bomber Jacket, each and every A-2 that survives has a story to tell us about WWII. Photographer John Slemp has done more to catalog these stories than perhaps anyone else, and several of his remarkable images are being assembled for the first time ever, as a Museum exhibit.

The Military Aviation Museum is honored to host a new exhibit, to celebrate these artistic masterpieces from the war years. Joining a selection of images from Slemp’s book Bomber Boys: WWII Flight Jacket Art, will be a few real, customized jackets from the museum’s own collection. Each one of the jackets shown represents a cherished family artifact, with no two ever being exactly alike.

Bomber Jackets & Untold Stories | Webinar
Guest speaker: John Slemp

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