A-2 Leather Flight Jacket

Once upon a time in a far away land (Kent/Sometimes Enfield) Peter Botwright was commissioned to make the A2 & B3 flying jackets for the films Memphis Belle and Hannover St. This means this jacket design was once worn by our favourite actor, Harrison Ford!

The original A2 jackets made were very tight fitting with extremely thin sleeves, coupled with a thick stiff hide and for the general public they were pretty un-wearable so we altered the pattern to fit the general masses. This jacket is technically called the “A2-B”, it has the design of the A2 but the cut has been altered to a fit you can wear every day rather than the previous uncomfortable fit!

The jacket we produce now is beautiful, the fit is great and best of all its tried and tested! The standard skin is Brown cow hide (pictured) but this particular hide is specially treated to create a soft texture and drape so you can move around easy.

Skin choices are subject to practicality. For example a thin lambskin in this jacket would not be a great fit as it needs to be strong enough to hold the design! Image of the jacket is a Large in Brown Cowhide

• Two outer pockets
• One leather bound inside pocket
• Blouson cut jacket
• Stud fixtures at the bottom and top of the storm flap
• Classic Raiders style collar (the Raiders actually stole it from the A2!)
• X-box stitched epaulettes
• Cotton Body/Satin Sleeves
• Made in Pakistan!