Japanese aviators summerweight flying jacket

Japanese aviator's unlined brown cotton gabardine flying jacket. Waist length jacket has stand and fall collar, concealed front buttoning, two large semi-circular pockets with concealed zip fastening on either side of the centre front, and a self fabric belt that is contained within the waist casing and fastens with a whitemetal, toothed sliding buckle. Each sleeve has a zip running from elbow to wrist which can be unfastened to give additional ease. The lower left front of the jacket has a 70mm slit reinforced with leather, to allow cabling to be attached to the aviator's flying helmet.

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