Items For Sale
World War II Army Air Forces Uniforms For Sale
For speed's sake, and out of respect for my own slowly typing fingers, I have shortened my descriptions considerably in order to get several pieces up for sale in a short amount of time. The coats offered below are all fully original and were purchased for my collection. I have made no alterations...if a patch is loose, it stays loose. If a ribbon is missing, it stays missing. I have had several emails complimenting the prices I put on these items for being "incredibly reasonable" (code word: "cheap"). As I have said before, I try to keep everything right within the realm of what I paid. Some emails I have received with permission from the emailers:
"Ken, the 9th AAF tunic I bought is spectacular...I would have been expected to pay $50 more elsewhere. Thank you for offering it so affordably." - Chris T. (Roanoke, VA)
"These items are exactly as you said they would be. I have already put one of the coats into the centerpiece of my collection." - Thomas A. (El Paso, TX)
"Nice website, Ken. It is nice to know that some people out there still try to look out for the younger collectors. I look at many websites and your prices are right where I can afford them. I have bookmarked your site and will be making many more purchases." - Kevin J. (Altoona, PA)
"The 8th AF coat arrived today and is now the favorite item in my collection. Thanks for the lightning speed delivery! Your photos did not do it justice...nor did your modest description. It is beautiful!"
- Dave C. (Chisholm, MN)Concerning the questions I sometimes get on measuring sizes of uniforms, I will simply state this opinion: these are being sold as historical artifacts and physical testimonies to the sacrifice paid by all American service men and women. Most will be smaller sizes Size 34-38 (the average size of a WWII era male). If a piece is larger (current size 40 or above) it will be noted as these sizes are much scarcer historically. Happy Collecting! Ken
Air Cadet Neal T. Sallee, USAAF m1940 Coat. Multiply ID'd with serial number and name, nice screwback disks. Embroidery on felt Air Cadet round and embroidered cut edge AAF SSI. Dated 1941. Size 36L. Looks just like it did the day it was issued. Beautiful coat! (Remember, at war's end, EM coats were issued to Cadets rather than officer's models). Item A-1 $34.00
Item A-1 $34.00
Deal of the Day!!! Corporal, 2nd AAF Four Pocket. The 2nd AAF was Stateside unit, but they are equally historic. This coat has a couple of nips to the sleeves, but for the price, you can't go wrong. It's a March 1942 dated M1940, Size 37R. Item A-5 $25.00
Item A-5 $25.00
Sgt, 12th AAF / AAF HQ m1942 Coat. Nice clutchback disks and pinback ribbonry (four stars to the ETO ribbon). Embroidered cut edge 12th AAF. Dated July 1942. Size 38R. Four overseas bars. Excellent condition overall.
Item A-7 $39.00
Cpl. Patrick J. Uva, 13th AAF m1940 Coat. Multiply Id'd by serial number and name, nice screwback disks and pinback ribbonry (plastic coated). Embroidered cut edge 13th AAF. Dated 1941. Size 38R. Four overseas bars. Excellent condition overall.
Item A-8 $41.00
WWII SSgt. Salvatore S. Tripiciano, 597th Engineers, 381st AAF Service Group. This is an incredible early dated November 1940 M1940 coat with retaining rings for all of its buttons. S.S. Tripiciano was born on 10 January 1919 and entered the service on October 16, 1940. He was a member of the 597th AAF Engineers who operated in Florida, then Assam, then China. It is a tough unit to find! His uniform is spotless and includes his named trousers as well. On the coat, the disks are early screwback and the chevrons are embroidery on felt. The uniform comes with National Archive data on Tripiciano. Mr. Tripiciano passed away on May 6, 2002. Item C-3 $65.00
Item C-3 $65.00WWII, Corporal Thomas M. Irons, Radioman, 2nd USAAF, Four Pocket Coat. This m1942 four pocket tunic is named to Cpl. Thomas M. Irons who enlisted for service on May 29, 1942. With four years of college under his belt, Irons was a teacher and would have rated for a very high position overseas with the AAF. However, being African-American, Irons was kept Stateside and put into radio operator's school where he excelled as well. He passed away on January 6, 2005. The coat is fully original and features screwback disks and clutchback ribbon bar for the American Campaign and WWII Victory medals. Item C-5 $37.00
Item C-5 $37.00WWII USAAF China-Burma-India Theatre. This piece is dated November, 1942 and looks like it could have been issued yesterday. Issued to a Tech 4, this coat features machine sewn chevrons, CBI patch, four overseas bars, and one federal service stripe. The US and AAF collar disks are matching stamped clutchback and the ribbon bars are pinback. This man was awarded the Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign medal, Asiatic-Pacific Medal, and WWII Victory medal. Size 39S - EXCELLENT!
Item C-7 $47.00
WWII Tech 5, 9th Army Air Force, m1940 Coat This piece is dated 27 February 1942 and is another that looks like it could have been issued yesterday. Issued to a Tech 5, this coat features fancy sewn chevrons, 9th AAF patch, and four overseas bars. The US and AAF collar disks are clutchback and the ribbon bar is pinback. This man was awarded the Good Conduct Medal and the ETO Campaign medal with 4 stars (two missing). This piece has one nip at the elbow (does not detract)...otherwise perfect!
Item C-8 $52.00WWII SSgt. Nevin R. Hackenburg, USAAF, Wheeler Field, Hawaii, M1940 Coat. This piece is dated April 1, 1941 and looks like it could have been issued yesterday. Featuring the "bi-swing" back, this coat is ID'd to Nevin Hackenburg who entered the service on 22 July 1942 from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He served at Wheeler Field for the duration of the war. The coat features fancy stitched AAF HQ insignia and mechanic's qualification triangle; pinback ribbon bars (2), and screwback AAF disks. A nice early coat! Item C-10 $42.00
Item C-10 $42.00
Captain. Lawrence A. Saken, Army Air Force, WWII, Pilot- Four Pocket Officer's Tunic
Captain Richard O. Davis, Army Air Force, Overseas Cap
This tunic came out of an estate sale in Ohio and was purchased by me off an auction site a few years back. The coat and cap are obviously mismatched, however, I purchased these as nice display pieces for library use. The coat is in very good shape overall, being named and monogramed to Saken. The AAF HQ patch is embroidery on felt and has a small portion of wear at its top. The coat has no detractions other than that. The cap is a different story (mothed) and is simply being thrown in with the tunic as good display completer. It is named and has sterling pinback captain's insignia. This is the epitome of the early AAF officer's uniform.
Item C-2 $70.00 
World War II, Cpl. Robert W. Lee, US 8th AAF, m1944 Ike Jacket
Corporal Robert W. Lee, ASN 14042066 was from Simpson County, Mississippi and joined the Air Corps on 16 January 1941. Born on July 13, 1918, he was a high school graduate and was working with a local telephone company at the time of his enlistment. Serving with the 8th Army Air Force out of Great Britain, Lee was a supply clerk and desk man who was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation twice as well as a rifle marksman badge, the Good Conduct medal, and the ETO medal with a silver and bronze star for six campaigns. Mr. Lee passed away in Mendenhall, Mississippi on December 20, 1996. This uniform set is presented just as it was purchased from the original estate buyer. It has been drycleaned. The Ike is a size 34R and features stamped clutchback brass, British made embroidery on felt SSI, five overseas bars and a federal service stripe. The coat has two nips near the SSI and one on the belt, these are its only detractions. The trousers are dry cleaned as well with a couple of nips near the inseam and back pocket. Priced accordingly.
Item F-17 $75.00WWII Army Air Force Flight Personnel : The Flyboys!
WWII Army Air Force Ground Personnel :
Sustineo Alas! - "Keep 'em Flying!"
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2nd Lieutenant Jack Tishkoff, Radar Observer, Bombardier Qualified, 61st Bomber Squadron, 39th Bomb Group (Heavy),20th Army Air Force, WWII, Four Pocket Officer's Tunic
This tunic came out of sale in the Rochester, NY area and belonged to Professor Emeritus (University of Rochester) Jack Tishkoff. Born August 3, 1923, Jack enlisted for federal service on 23 February 1943 after two years of college. Undergoing training in the field of electronics, he became bombardier qualified (I don't think he ever wore wings) and also certified in RCM, Radar Coded Message. He was assigned to the 61st Bomb Squadron of the 39th BG and served in Guam as the squadron pounded Japanese targets at will with B-29s from February to August of 1945. Following the war, Jack went on the earn his PhD in mathematics where he taught at the University of Rochester, NY. He passed away on January 9, 2003 at the age of 80. His tunic is in wonderful condition with the exception of a stray snag at the elbow of the right sleeve (looks like an old repair was done to it)- it does not detract in my opinion. Exhibiting only minor wear, this is a wonderfully identified tunic to a man who quite literally controlled squadrons of B-29 bombers with his eyes and voice.
Item E-12 $145.00 
1st Lt. Foster J. Blankenship, 9th Army Air Force, WWII, Pilot- Four Pocket Officer's Tunic
Overall this is an incredibly nice 9th AAF tunic that is named to Foster J.. Blankenship by tag and monogram. Son the Joseph and Maude C. Blankenship of River Rouge, Michigan, Foster signed up for service with Army Air Forces on 29 July 1941 and soon entered its cadet training program. According to the previous owner, Blankenship was a P-51 pilot, but the collector did not know what squadron (further research could establish the squadron number). Blankenship was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross and two Air medals. he passed away in January of 1972. This piece features pinback sterling 1st LT bars, British made 9th AAF embroidery on felt shoulder sleeve insignia, clutchback US and AAF collar insignia, pinback DFC and Air medal with Oak Leaf cluster, a presidential Unit Citation, and pinback LGB wings. it has a couple of very small nips, but they do not detract whatsoever and are not noticeable. Overall, this is a wonderful display piece that has seen its share of time in local libraries and schools for various displays. It would make a wonderful addition to any collection.
Item E-13 SOLD! 
Technical Sergeant, Combat Aerial Crew, 9th Army Air Force, WWII, B-14 Enlisted Man's Flight Coat
And here it is...the one item every Army Air Force collector needs for the collection - the B-14 flight coat. Honestly, you won't find a much better one than this. Produced by the W & C Clothing Company in Size 38 for the AAF, this B-14 is in outstanding condition with only one nip to its left sleeve (pictured). Other than that, the coat is stone mint. This piece features stamped clutchback US and AAF disks, sterling aircrew wings (raised Sterling on reverse) on "combat crew" blue rectangle, flight engineer qualification triangle, embroidery on wool technical sergeant chevrons, pinback Distinguished Flying Cross and Air medal ribbonry, discharge eagle, beautiful satin interior, and embroidered 9th AAF shoulder sleeve insignia. It would be no doubt that this man flew on the B-26 Marauder in tactical strikes against the Third Reich. Like I said, you won't find a much better example as one has not been offered on Ebay in months.
Item E-14 SOLD 
Captain Evan "Dick" Moss, Pilot, 9th Army Air Force, Combat Aerial Crew, GHQ Army Air Force, WWII, Officer's Four Pocket Tunic
Evan R. "Dick" Moss was born 30 March 1991 in Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee to William and Cornel Moss. After graduating from Middle Tennessee State University, he joined the AAF on 5 September 1941. He was assigned to the tactical 9th Air Force as a B-26 Marauder pilot where he won the Distinguished Flying Cross and a number of Air Medals. Following the war, he continued with the USAF and was stationed once again at MacDill AFB in Tampa, retiring after the Korean War as a lieutenant colonel. He spent 40 years in the steel business and just recently passed away on 5 November 2009. This tunic is his pilot's tunic from WWII and is in outstanding condition. It features embroidery on felt theatre made 9th Air Force insignia, embroidery on felt AAF HQ insignia, pinback raised sterling marked wings, two bullion overseas bars, clutchback collar insignia, and pinback captain's bars. Tagged and dated to Mr. Moss's WWII service, this piece deserves further research and would make a wonderful display piece..
Item E-15 $225.00 
WWII, Sergeant Robert G. Post, ASN 32449509, USAAF, Ike Uniform. This Ike, cap and trouser set is identified to Sgt. Robert J. Post. He was born in 1923 and signed up for federal service on 22 August 1942. After his 16 Feb 1946 discharge, he attained a master's degree and became a teacher in a central NY high school. The Ike is in very good condition as are the trousers- the cap has some mothing. All pieces are ID'd to him by name or number. He passed away on 3 September 2004. The coat is fully original and features clutchback disk, embroidery on wool sergeant chevrons, and pinback ribbon bars for the Good Conduct, American Campaign and WWII Victory medals. Comes with 4 pages of paperwork.
Item F-56 $45.00
Sergeant Sam Babinec, Armorer, Aerial Gunner, 8th Army Air Force, WWII, Ike Uniform - Ike jacket, Trousers, Shirt & Tie
Sergeant Sam Babinec was born on January 6, 1919 in Oceana, Michigan and enlisted for federal service out of Detroit on 17 January 1942. As an auto mechanic in his civilian life, he seemed to be a perfect match for an armament specialist. Being assigned to the 8th Army Air Force, Babinec was also aerial gunner qualified and earned an air medal for service over Europe. Further research should pinpoint his squadron. He returned home on 20 June 1945 via the Queen Mary. Returning to Michigan, he passed away on 26 December 2007. Concerning the size 38L Ike, it is wonderful with sterling clutchback wings and a theatre made ribbon bar featuring the Air medal, American Campaign medal, ETO campaign medal with three stars, and the WWII Victory medal. The Ike also has screwback discs, a pinback sterling machine gun sharpshooter badge, a presidential unit citation, five overseas bars, one federal service stripe, an armament specialist triangle, and embroidery on wool chevrons. It has two moth nips that do not detract. The shirt has one moth nip and has AAFHQ insignia and embroidery on wool chevrons as well. The trousers are size 31x31 and in excellent condition. Named to Babinec by name and serial number. Four pages of research will be included with this group.
Item E-16 $145.00 
Sergeant, Aerial Crewman, 8th Army Air Force, WWII, Ike jacket
Here we have a beautiful 8th Army Air Force airman's Ike. It is a size 36R and features a British made 8th AAF insignia highlighted by dogtag chain, sterling aircrew wings with sterling clutch and flatfaced brass clutch; wool on wool sergeant chevrons, three overseas bars, one federal service stripe, and pinback ribbonry for the good conduct medal, the American Campaign medal, the ETO medal with four campaign stars, and the WWII Victory medal. The Ike also has clutchback US and AAF discs and a discharge eagle. With only one moth nip to the back (not a detraction), this is a beautiful representation of the airman's Ike.
Item E-17 $135.00 WWII, Technician Fifth Grade, IX Engineering Command, 9th USAAF, Ike Jacket. This Ike jacket is spectacular and correct in every way. ID'd to S-4091, this Ike belonged to a Tech 5 who was with the 9th AAF and then was reassigned to the IX AAF Engineer
Command. This man would have been a forward engineer, airfield, and runway specialist for
the 9th AAF- these don't come up very often. Everything is machine sewn including the nice
IX SSI, 9th AAF SSI, the Tech 5 chevrons, and the four overseas bars. The collar disks are
clutchback and the ribbons are all pinback - WWII Victory, Good Conduct, American
Campaign, and ETO with three campaign stars. No detractions on this piece!
Item F-57 $115.00
WWII, Sergeant, IX Engineering Command, USAAF, Four Pocket Coat
This is another IX Engineer Command piece I was able to pick up years back. It is spectacular and correct in every way. ID'd to B-2323, this coat belonged to a sergeant who was reassigned to the IX AAF Engineer Command. This man would have been a forward engineer, airfield, and runway specialist for the 9th AAF- these don't come up very often. Everything is hand sewn including the nice IX SSI, wool on wool sergeant chevrons, and the two overseas bars. The collar disks are two piece clutchback and the ribbons are all pinback for the Good Conduct, American Campaign, and ETO medals with one campaign star. No detractions on this piece! (Shirt and tie for display only).
Item F-58 $95.00
WWII Family grouping: SSgt Patrick Ferrusi, 381st BS, 12 AAF / AAF Strategic Air Command; PFC Peter Mrozak, AAFHQ. Ike & Four Pocket Uniform Set.
This two uniform set was one of my hardest challenges to trace since an overzealous Ebayer decided to break it up and sell it over a two year period (mislabeling the auctions as well). The first uniform, belonging to Patrick "Patsy" Ferrusi, was purchased in February of 2006. Given the interior tag label of LA Mrozek, I went crazy trying to trace the name, but couldn't find any matches. A little over two years later, the same seller offered another coat that had the same tagging of LF Mrozek. I purchased the PFC airman's coat (Belonging to Peter P.mrozak and id'd to him). Asking the seller if he had any other items from this estate, he begrudgingly sold me the set's shirt, tie and trousers.
Although the shirt and pants are named to Peter Mrozak, I was having a heck of a time figuring out who LA Mrozak was, until I saw the stamp in the trousers "Lillian A. Mrozak." Lillian was Peter's wife and, after tracing her family history, the brother of SSgt. Patrick Ferrusi. One uniform belonged to her husband, and the other Ike belonged to her brother, so he tagged them with her sewing label for safe keeping.
Although I have found Peter's records, as a 35 year old inductee, I am not quite sure what his role was in the US AAF. Furthermore, in doing some sleuthing work on Patrick Ferrusi , a "P. Ferrusi" is mentioned on paperwork for the 381st Bombardment Squadron, 310th BG, 12 th AAF. I checked with the historian of the group in 2007 or 2008 to find he was on a roster for that squadron as a B-25 top turret gunner. Unfortunately, I have since lost that historian's email to recover a copy of the paperwork. So there you have the history. These two uniforms are connected by Lillian A. Mrozak, the woman who kept them safe until her death in 2005.
What you see is what you get- each item is in very good to excellent condition - very well preserved. Ferrusi's items are comprised of his killer transitional period Ike with bullion aerial gunner wings and a wool shirt. Mrozak's grouping has a shirt, trousers, and his very nice, fancy stitched, four pocket coat. Comes with four pages of research.
Item E-34 SOLD! 
