Welcome to Good Wear Leather Coat Company.

We are fascinated by the A-2 jacket. More than likely, if you’re visiting our site, you are, too. After years of studying and collecting A-2 jackets, we decided to make copies of them that would be reasonable alternatives to the originals that we’ve worn.

Please note these recent A-2 productions and new patterns in a special photo section of the web site.

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Donning originals today can be a risky prospect...a lasting piece of WWII history should be preserved as well as possible. But we want to wear A-2s just like those amazing originals! There are many reproductions available, with varying degrees of authenticity and material choices. Our desire is to go a little further and create A-2s that emulate the qualities of originals, faults and greatness included. In the 1940s, A-2s were mass produced in factories, going from one station to another (note how some jackets have several different colors of thread in the parts), which led to these jackets having an organic, imperfect look in the details, yet a classy overall character. That’s what we like.

We customize every jacket for every customer, so a Good Wear Leather A-2 will have proportions based on information the customer provides. We want to ensure that you not only like how the jacket is made, but that it fits just as you'd want. This level of customization wasn't available during WWII (well, maybe for Generals Douglas MacArthur and Jimmy Doolittle), but today, it's vital for enjoying a jacket as much as possible.

We have much more information about our jackets, how they are made, the pattern choices, and ordering information on this site, and we encourage you to peruse through the pages. When ordering a jacket, we can help you through from start to finish (i.e. no dropdown menu to select a stock jacket) and we want to keep the experience fun. We hope to grow and have more contracts available in short order.

Near the end of World War II, a company in the U.S. named Good Wear Leather Coat Co. produced a B-10 jacket contract and one contract of A-11A flying trousers for the Army Air Forces. We have a set of trousers made by Good Wear Leather and the label from it is seen below.