For Sale: 1945 Tanker Oversuit

[Jim Burrill]

Heh... I wore a flight suit for most of my 21 years as a Naval Aircrewman...

The thing that WPG sells is a tan item for hot weather. The thing that we are calling an AFV Crewsuit was the actual uniform for AFV crew in Europe in summer. Then the tan Pixies. And nixed in along the way is the lads who still wore just their BD.

Int he States in my area, we have shows where the temps exceed 102 degrees Farenheit, yet we are portraying 15 Recce in Holland. So the denim crewsuit over skivvies is the coolest way to go. Having a 2nd or third pair to change into would be a bit more civilized.

While I see the sense in using these as work coveralls (the crew would have gotten these things greasy doing Parades) Some of the members without vehicles have been using boiler suits and proper WD coveralls for maintenance. Just like the real troops did.

As I have said, I would love to see the shop expand and make up the winter Pixie suit as a replica. I would hope we could get a group buy for both the denimn crew suit AND the tan Pixie. I would commit to 2 of each against the 20.