Captain Barry Anderson
USAAF
Our WWIIZ CGI uniform models, Barry, is wearing the A2 flight jacket of the 8th Army Air Force.
American military pilots took nose art and unit insignia to levels and applications not seen before. They proudly emblazoned both their planes and their leather flying jackets with Squadron and Group emblems, sometimes in the form of cloth patches, sometimes by applying silk-screened decals, or sometimes even having the designs hand-painted directly on the leather.
The unofficial unit insignia on this U.S. Army Air Corps pilot's horsehide model A-2 flight jacket identify him as a member of the 67th Bomber Squadron of the 44th Bomber Group. They served with the 8th Air Force from one of its many bases in England.
He holds in his hand a pair of early gold wire-rimmed Ray-Ban aviator sunglasses, a perennial favorite with flyers since the 1930's.