OED/BBC Word Hunt: "bomber jacket"

Mullins, Bill Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL
Thu Jul 28 19:29:30 UTC 2005


I left the date off this originally.  It was Dec 10, 1940.



>
> OED/ Wordhunt has 1973.
>
> [display advertisement for] The Broadway, _Los Angeles
> Times_, p. 22, col 1.
> "This three-piece outfit for junior consists of a bomber
> jacket, drape trousers, and a squadron cap, decorated with
> "Flight Commander" insignia."
>



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