Jacket, Flight

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Grover Center: Museum & Historical Society

Name/Title

Jacket, Flight

Description

Brown leather Navy flight jacket with front zipper, two patch pockets with button flaps. It has a brown simulated-fur collar with U.S.N. stamped in silver on underside. Knitted cuffs at sleeve edge, knitted waistband. Label inside of jacket reads: "Buaer-U.S. Navy/G-1 Flight Jacket/Spec 55J14 (AER)/Contract No. N3835-39943/Star Sports Wear Mfg. Co./Lynn, Mass." Ralph W. Douglass, Jr. was a Shelbyville native who attended the Merchant Marine program in Kingsport, NY around 1943. After graduating he held a reserve commission in U.S.N. and then volunteered as a Deck Officer-Navigator. Donated items are associated with his career in U.S.N. on Merchant Marine. He got the jacket while serving on the supply ship USS Jupiter during the Korean conflict.

Use

Ralph W. Douglass, Jr. (1923-1985)

Collection

Douglass, Janet C.

Acquisition

Accession

1987.037

Source or Donor

Janet C. Douglass

Acquisition Method

Donation

Made/Created

Date made

1950 - 1959

Place

Location

Lynn, Massachusetts

Notes

Date: 1950-1959 Made: by Buaer of Lynn, Massachusetts

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Dec 28, 2001

Create Date

December 28, 2001

Update Date

October 30, 2025