Chaqueta de vuelo G-1 vintage de la U.S. Navy, pintura trasera «Cassie Come Home», cremallera Bar TALON, talla 38

A vintage G-1 naval flight jacket with Mike’s Sportswear label, bar TALON zipper and USN collar stencil, transformed by a dramatic “Cassie Come Home” back painting of a blonde pin-up, a bomber in flight and a row of bomb tallies. Naval discipline at the front, longing and bravado behind.

The Piece

A highly evocative G-1 naval flight jacket, labeled Mike’s Sportswear and fitted with a bar TALON zipper, distinguished above all by its “Cassie Come Home” back painting. The mouton collar, short bloused body and military specification label anchor it in the classic U.S. Navy flight-jacket lineage, while the painted back makes it a personal, almost cinematic artifact, compelling to wear and strong enough to command a wall.

“Cassie Come Home” arcs across the leather above a painted blonde pin-up rendered in classic vocabulary, pale skin, bright hair and staged glamour, composed rather than coy. A bomber in flight extends the scene outward, and the row of bomb tallies beneath grounds it in the familiar grammar of sortie counting and mission record. The phrase reads less like branding than like a plea, a promise or a private line between missions. The USN stencil at the collar, small in scale, states the jacket's naval identity before the painting takes over: discipline and issued form at the front, longing and painted memory behind.

On the evidence available and a close visual reading this appears to be a goatskin G-1, its pebbled grain catching light differently from denser horsehide and accumulating weather rather than simply aging. The front keeps the spare elegance of the pattern: buttoned patch pockets, zip front, ribbed cuffs and waistband, the mouton collar, a pen-slot pocket structure, chin strap and narrow waist. The bar TALON zipper is a point of particular appeal, where period feel and tactile satisfaction meet.

The G-1 belongs to Navy and Marine aviation, carrier decks and salt air, a more compact and intimate service aura than the Army Air Forces A-2, and one of the most wearable military jackets ever devised. Even when custom-painted outside formal issue history, a painted-back G-1 channels the aviation folk art of squadron graphics, sweethearts, mascots and bomb tallies. Size 38 suits wearers who want an authentic profile, and the jacket speaks equally to military, vintage leather, painted-jacket and nose-art collectors, Japanese archive-fashion buyers, stylists and set decorators.

Details

• Maker: Mike’s Sportswear, Inc. (label)
• Model: U.S. Navy G-1 flight jacket pattern
• Era: Estimated 1950s–1960s, period-attributed
• Material: Likely goatskin, based on grain and available documentation; not tag-verified
• Color: Dark brown to near-black aged brown
• Size: 38 (tag)
• Measurements: Shoulder 46cm · Chest 58cm · Length 62cm · Sleeve 61cm
• Hardware: Bar TALON zipper
• Label: G-1 Flight Jacket, Spec. 55J14 (AER), Contract No. N383S-39943
• Features: USN stencil under the collar; mouton collar; chin strap; pen-slot pocket structure; hand-painted back art with bomb tally motif

Condition

• No major visible damage; visually strong, wearable vintage condition with age-consistent surface character.
• Strong overall body shape, good visual integrity in the back paint, attractive collar, rib structure intact-looking from visible angles, readable interior tag and a clear USN collar stencil.
• Normal age realities should still be assumed: age creasing, surface rubbing, possible paint instability over time, seam or lining wear not evident in photographs, and odor, dryness or old-storage character typical of older leather.

Authenticity & Care

Presented as a vintage G-1 flight jacket, period-attributed, with painted back and bar TALON hardware; without in-hand inspection, provenance paperwork or deeper construction review, the exact issue status and period are stated with caution. Every piece is examined and documented in Japan before dispatch and is offered with the Japonista authenticity guarantee.

Delivery from Japan

Packed by hand in Japan and shipped insured and tracked by EMS or an equivalent express service. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Returns follow our published policy.

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