Update 08/05/25: Welcome to FLYING TIGER ANTIQUES!!
WE ARE STILL EXPERIENCING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH CREDIT CARD PURCHASES!! Using your PAYPAL account solves this issue fastest!
If you would like to PAY for a $100.00 or MORE Artifact with a CREDIT CARD, please email and I will get an invoice emailed to you as Soon as Possible!
We will be OUT OF THE OFFICE from TUESDAY 08/05 until MONDAY 08/18/25, Returning to the Office on TUESDAY 08/19/25!!
And, as always, we are HAPPY TO ACCEPT YOUR ORDERS during our time AWAY, and we will promptly mark any ordered Artifacts as SOLD.
We will be UNABLE TO SHIP as of 08/05, and REGULAR SHIPPING will resume on TUESDAY, AUGUST 19th, 2025!
As always, if funding your order of $100.00 or more from a Bank that offers ZELLE, ASK ABOUT our ZELLE DISCOUNT!!
That DISCOUNT also applies to PayPal GIFT (Fee-Free), Check, and Money Order payments!!
Thank you for visiting. We hope you will find some vintage artifacts here on our site to add to your collection.
We look forward to serving your collecting needs! Happy Summer, Ron & Kanae.
ARTIFACT:
This is a mint, mint, mint World War II United States Army Air Forces K-1 flight suit. It is in a lightweight, olive green cotton with a USAAF iron-on decal at the shoulder. It is size medium regular, with a main zipper, six zippered pockets and zippered vents at the pant cuffs. It was manufactured by Davis Sportswear.
VINTAGE:
Circa World War II.
SIZE:
Medium Regular (38-40): approximately 22" from armpit to armpit; 62" length from center of back collar to pant cuff; 19-1/2" from shoulder to shoulder along back; 26" from shoulder seam to end of cuff; 34" inseam.
MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION:
Lightweight cotton twill with iron-on decal, twill, metal zippers, leather zipper pull (on main zipper), leather hanger, resin buttons.
ATTACHMENT:
Zipper, zippers at pant cuffs and on pockets, buttons at arm cuffs and at waist.
MARKINGS:
SUIT-FLYING VERY LIGHT-COTTON TWILL TYPE K-1 SPEC. NO. 3232 SIZE MEDIUM REGULAR (38 TO 40) AAF STOCK NO. 8300-784880 ORDER NO. (33-038) 45-6121 A.F. DAVIS SPORTSWEAR, INC. on label; 15 LT 37 861 MED REG on tags (four tags total, one on reverse and three on front); TALON on zipper.
ITEM NOTES:
This is from a United States Army Air Forces collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. ebay VABEX12 LBIEX4/13 S(1)BDJX3/14 SeBIEX3/15
CONDITION:
10 (Mint): The suit is mint, mint, mint.
GUARANTEE: As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.
