Cockpit USA Men's British R.A.F. Sheepskin Bomber Jacket leather motorcycle vest military aircrew

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Leather-welted seams + leather neck strap

Snap-close side-entry handwarmer pockets + sleeve pen/pencil utility pocket

Cockpit USA Men's British R.A.F. Sheepskin Bomber Jacket leather motorcycle vest military aircrewOriginally designed in 1937 for Royal Air Force pilots flying open cockpit fighters, the RAF Sheepskin Bomber Jacket incorporates a modification that sets it apart from the American B 3: pilots discovered the original B 3s extremely thick shearling restricted movement inside the tight cockpits of Spitfires and Hurricanes, so had their jackets trimmed down. Cockpit USA replicates that field modified silhouette short sheared sheepskin that maintains