I would think that it looks like a surplus jacket with perhaps non original buttons next to the zip. I wonder if it's an ex U.S. air-force ground crew jacket??? It's worth noting that any Jacket being sold as WW2 U.S. air-force should have a label attached inside saying U.S. Army and not U.S. Air-Force. This is for the simple reason that the U.S. Air-Force was not formed until 1947 and before that it was part of the army. I have a U.S. flying style of leather jacket which my father purchased just after the war as surplus here in the U.K.. Inside this jacket there is a small label saying U.S. Army and so I know it's pre 1947. Some of these jackets that appear to be flying jackets were in-fact issued to ground crew and I believe that this could be the case with my jacket. Any-one who has visited a U.K. air-field in the middle of winter will appreciate the need for warm clothing.
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