Cub Driver wrote in message . ..
jacket. The biggest diffence (aside from the slash pockets) is the
cheap lambskin being used in the Chinese version (if a leather jacket
is selling for $99, it's not quality stuff), while a military jacket
is goat or cow.

Isn't shearling by definition lambskin? By the spring of 1942, the
majority of AVGs were wearing shearling jackets, as in the 3rd Sq
ground crew photo I mentioned.

Yes, shearling is sheep or lambskin, and the B-3, B-6, D-1, M-444 and
M-445 were made out of sheepskin. The A-2 and M422/G-1 were not. The
A-2 was horse, goat or cow and the M-422 was goat.

~Michael