bomber jacket

English

A flight jacket worn by B-17 crews.

Etymology

Similar to jackets worn by bomber crews in WWII.

Pronunciation

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Noun

bomber jacket (plural bomber jackets)

1. A short leather jacket, with an elasticated waist and cuffs, a fleece collar and a zip front.

   Synonyms: bomber, flight jacket

   • 1990 June 5, Jeff Black, quoting Richard Kastleman, “Men's Outerwear True To Red, White, Blue”, in DNR, volume 20, number 9, →ISSN, page 5:

     Richard Kastleman […] said in a recent interview that “the men's bomber jacket has become like the buttondown shirt. It's become a basic item for men.”

Derived terms

• bomber-jacketed

 

Translations

short leather jacket

• Finnish: pilottitakki (fi), lentäjäntakki
• German: Bomberjacke (de) f
• Hungarian: bomberdzseki
• Irish: casóg píolóta f
• Persian: کاپشن (fa) (kâpšen)
• Spanish: cazadora (es) f
• Swedish: bomberjacka (sv) c

Further reading

• flight jacket on Wikipedia.Wikipedia