Jacket, Flying, Type G-1, United States Navy, Vice Admiral Walter Carter, Jr.
United States Navy (USN) Type G-1 flying jacket; seal brown goatskin waist length jacket; knit wool cuffs and waist; mouton fur collar; two lower patch pockets with button flaps; zipper down front; brown nylon lining; shoulder pleats at shoulders; light brown leather attached name tag and aviator wings in gold on left breast; black embossed letter text "CDR TED CARTER, SLAPSHOT" below aviator wings; VF-14 tooled leather insignia on right breast, black letter embossed text "FIGHTING FOURTEEN, TOPHATTERS" and black top hat depicted; white cloth manufacturers label on inside back collar with black letter text (see Marks for full text).
Created by
Jim Walker
Date Created
07/22/2015
Source
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Keywords
Aviation; Equipment; Flight Gear; People; Uniforms
Rights and Restrictions
Not determined
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