Tuskegee Airman flight jacket worn by Lt. Col. Woodrow W. Crockett
date: label: Date
content: 1942
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Aero Leather Clothing Co., American
label: Worn by
content: Woodrow W. Crockett, American, 1918 - 2012
label: Subject of
content: Tuskegee Airmen, 1941 - 1946
label: Subject of
content: 100th Fighter Squadron, American, 1942 - 1945
notes: label: Description
content: A Type A-2 leather Tuskegee Airman jacket worn by Woodrow W. Crockett. The jacket is dark brown leather with a fabric lining. It has a snap-flap patch pocket on either size of the zipper at waist level with knit cuffs and waistband. On the left breast are three stitched patches. The uppermost is a rectangular leather patch with dark stamped letters reading [W. W. CROCKETT], the middle patch is also leather and rectangular and embossed with the US Army Air Forces pilot insignia, two feathered wings extending from a striped shield. Below this is a very faded painted leather patch whose decoration was once the insignia for the USAAF 100th Fighter Squadron, a winged feline perched on top of a globe. The paint is considerably deteriorated but remnants of the design in red, white, blue, yellow and brown paint are visible. On the PL shoulder is another circular patch, originally the emblem of the 15th Air Force. It is also significantly chipped but features a blue background beneath a white star with an embedded red circle and yellow wings. The number 15 appears between the wings. Across the back shoulders of the jacket is an oval area with stitching holes, indicating another patch, now missing, had been fixed there at some point.
place: label: Place made
content: Beacon, Dutchess County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Aeronautics
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Tuskegee Airmen
label: Topic
content: World War II
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Military Uniforms
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lt. Col. Woodrow W. Crockett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.43.1
objectType: label: Type
content: bomber jackets
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: leather, cloth, metal, paint
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Laid Flat): 26 1/4 x 24 in. (66.7 x 61 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist: 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Chest (Across Shoulders): 18 1/2 in. (47 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Inseam (Arm - shoulder to cuff): 24 in. (61 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: On Form: 30 x 33 x 15 1/2 in. (76.2 x 83.8 x 39.4 cm)