About This Jacket:

This is an early D-1 with a 1940 contract date, and the maker, San Antonio Air Depot, must have been one of the few AAC centers that actually produced clothing. SAAD had their contract information impressed into the leather under the back of the collar. This states:

TYPE D-1
T.P. NO. 37K5510
MFG. SAAD
MEDIUM

The D-1 designs often have long sleeves and very wide shoulders, so ground crews often folded the sleeve ends. This particular jacket came from a fellow who's father received it while serving in Italy in WWII, near Foggia. SAAD also made sheepskin trousers for the Army Air Corps.

Collection:
Jeff Thurston