Home | USAAF/USAF Jackets | AN-J-3
At one point in 1943 Congress decided to unite both Air Force and Navy jacket contracts, and the result would be
jackets with contracts that start with AN. At one point AAF people wanted to make a jacket like the A-2 and the Navy M-422a,
and the result was what people now call an AN-J-3 (incorrect, as the AN-6552 was an AN-J-3 on the contracts, but not on the labels in the jackets),
though there's no evidence of this type of jacket being issued, or listed in the Class 13 catalogue.
Also, none exist that I've seen with a label still in it, though I have seen one in which the lining had an AN inspector stamp.
This jacket type appears to have been made in small numbers by several makers, with very different
designs. There are some with
epaulettes, some without, and some with bi-swing backs, and some without. The B-10 jacket was chosen to replace the A-2, rather than
this type of jacket.
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