US NAVY Flying Summer Gloves, Type B-3, Repro.(M.O.C.)
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USN B-3 Flying Summer Gloves
USN B-3 Flying Summer Gloves
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US NAVY Flying Summer Gloves, Type B-3, Repro.(M.O.C.)
"NAVY FLYING SUMMER GLOVES, TYPE B-3" were standardized at NAVY at the almost same time that B-3 gloves were standardized at AAF (July 1943). It is not hard to imagine that the start of operation of the "P-51 Mustang" and "F4U Corsair" equipped with heating equipment (1942) would helped to develop a thin flight gloves with excellent functionality. "US NAVY FLYING SUMMER GLOVES, TYPE B-3" reproduced by M.O.C. is completed, which is really easy to use in all seasons except the very cold season and is full of fit.

• Type: NAVY Flying Summer Gloves, Type B-3
• Standardized: July 1943
• Supplied: 1943-1955
• Leather: Capeskin
• Production Sizes: 8, 8 1/2, 9, 9 1/2, 10, 10 1/2
"NAVY FLYING SUMMER GLOVES, TYPE B-3" were standardized at NAVY at the almost same time that B-3 gloves were standardized at AAF (July 1943). It is not hard to imagine that the start of operation of the "P-51 Mustang" and "F4U Corsair" equipped with heating equipment (1942) would helped to develop a thin flight gloves with excellent functionality. "US NAVY FLYING SUMMER GLOVES, TYPE B-3" reproduced by M.O.C. is completed, which is really easy to use in all seasons except the very cold season and is full of fit.

• Type: NAVY Flying Summer Gloves, Type B-3
• Standardized: July 1943
• Supplied: 1943-1955
• Leather: Capeskin
Note) Capeskin is sheep leather from the Cape region of South Africa. Leather that grew in windy areas and was superior in flexibility and strength was considered to be the most suitable for thin glove materials, and during the war, both AAF and NAVY used a lot of this leather material for Flying Summer Gloves.
• Tanning: Combination tanning
Note) The most commonly used tanning method in the United States in the 30-50s, chrome tanned and then retanned with vegetable tannins, the leather has the toughness and flexibility required for gloves.
• Color: Camel
• Thickness: 0.9mm
• "USN" logo Marking: Printed by Dark Blue Ink
• Size Marking: Stamping by Blue Ink
• Stock Number Marking: Stenciled by Black Ink
• Production Sizes: 8, 8 1/2, 9, 9 1/2, 10, 10 1/2
Condition: Repro.(M.O.C.)
Item #: 09-17-2000
Size: 8, 8 1/2, 9, 9 1/2, 10, 10 1/2
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US NAVY Flying Summer Gloves, Type B-3, Repro.(M.O.C.)
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  USN B-3 Flying Summer Gloves USN B-3 Flying Summer Gloves  Size Marking Large Image of Size Marking Stock Number Marking Large Image of Stock Number Navy instructor and flight trainee Navy Pilot in WWII