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Girl Custom Flight Jacket artwork page! These pages show just some
of the custom flight jacket artwork we've created for customers
from all across the country. Contact us at
jerri@victory-girl.com for more information on custom artwork
for your flight jacket!
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We do artwork on your jacket, or ours. Don't have a jacket? We
can provide specification -built A-2, G-1 and other military flight
jackets available in our inventory or we can do a quick order
for your size.
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'River Belle (right) - A truck driver who works in refrigerated rigs much of the time gets good use out of his personalized B-3 Shearling jacket - painted with his wife as a pinup...(click on picture for larger view).
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'Cal Aero Field' logo (right) - we created a set of seven A-2 flight jackets with this design for executives of the San Bernardino County Airport 'Cal Aero Field' project - sponsors of the 2008 Chino Air Show
SAMPLE ONLY -- design not for sale |
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| 'Wild Children' (right)-
A re-creation of WWII flight jacket artwork. |
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'Winn's Warriors' (right) is beautiful artwork re-created from a WWII, 8th AF, 96th BG jacket. A photograph of the original is below.
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'Fortius Quo Fidelius'' (right)- an RC F-14 Tomcat
driver had this beautiful design created, commemorating the valor
of the VF-111 'Sundowners' - including the squadron's historic patch.
(click on photo for larger image) |
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| 'Ghost Rider' (below)-
This jacket should be familiar to any Iron Maiden rock band fans -
this client had us recreate the 'Aces High' album cover for the back
of his G-1 flight jacket. |
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CBI Blood Chit'' (right)-
This jacket honors the P-38 'Twin Dragon' squadron, the only P-38
squadron to support the Flying Tigers in the CBI theatre of WWII.
Also shown are the patches (10th AF, left shoulder, 80th FS, right
shoulder) painted directly on the sleeves, while the 'dragon' patch,
above, is painted on a 5.25" leather round, and sewn to the
front left chest.
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| 'Lipscomb Aerial Service'' (right)-
This beautiful jacket design celebrates a pilot and his Ag-Cat's 40
years of continuous service as a crop-duster in Magnolia Springs,
Alabama |
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'Lucky Partners' (right)-
A grandfather's family had us re-create the nose art found on his
B-17 in which he flew 18 missions over Germany in WWII. Below is
his bomb squadron logo (710 BS, 8th AF), painted on a 5.25 inch
leather round and sewn to the front left chest.
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| 'My Chicago Gal' (right)-
This client had us put his favorite 'Chicago Gal' on the back of his
well worn leather jacket, along with his favorite airplane, for a
great composition |
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| 'Yankee Belle'' (right)-
We re-created this historic nose art using carefully selected colors
to merge seamlessly with this vintage flight jacket. The art looks
as if it has mellowed gracefully right along with this stunning flight
jacket. |
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| 'Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby'' (right)-
You're right, the song only had TWO 'Shoo Shoo's' in, but apparently
the pilot of this WWII warbird wanted to add his touch to the artwork-
that had already been painted on his assigned aircraft. |
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'The Wild Hare'' (right)-
This re-created nose art once adorned the crew's B-17G of the 324th
Bomb Squadron, 91st BG, 8th AF, lost on a mission 26 November, 1944.
Below is the handpainted squadron patch, worn on the left breast.
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'Flying Crusaders' (right)- This re-created A-2
shows the insignia of the 'Flying Crusaders' of the 42d Bomb Group,
of the 13th Air Force in the Pacific. This special jacket also included
34 mission markers, and one bailout (mission markings not shown). |
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'Miss B Haven' (right)- This gorgeous
pinup, originally created by G. Elvgren found its way on many bomber
aircraft in WWII.
'Devil's Brat-Original' (Below)- The noseart that
flew on a father's B-17 also graced his original A-2 flight jacket.
His son asked us to re-create this artwork on a new A-2, based on
his descriptions and the faded image, below. Re-created artwork,
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'D-Day Doll'' (right)- Our original nose art design
created for a C-53 looks just as good on this sturdy sheepskin-lined
B-3 jacket. |
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| 'Little Chief' (right)-
The noseart of Frank Klibbe's P-47G Thunderbolt of WWII makes a stunning
piece of jacket artwork. Below the artwork is text on his fighter
squadron, fighter group, AF, and number of kills. |
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| 'Beech Boys'' (right)-
We had the honor of re-creating this special jacket for a special
Beech D-18S owner, at Chino Airport, CA. |
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'Ruptured Duck' (right)- One of the famous Dolittle
Raiders, B-25 bombers who took off from the carrier USS Hornet
and struck the first offensive blow from the sea to the Japanese
in WWII, carried this nose art. It makes fabulous jacket artwork! |
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'Nurse Tracey' (right)- A Flight Surgeon with
very good taste in nurses asked us to create this portrait of a
special flight nurse using photographs and a vintage 1940s pinup
pose. |
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'BOGEYS! 11:OCLOCK HIGH!" (right) - a WWII
enthusiast and collector, who owns the original Robert Taylor painting,
liked it so much he asked us to paint it on his lambskin A-2. We
re-created the essentials from Taylor's stunning artwork to create
this equally eye-catching jacket. |
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23rd Fighter Group (right)
This jacket is a classic of wartime symbolism, generated from jacket
artwork worn in the CBI theater in early WWII
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'Tommygun' - right, and above - A fabulous tattoo
(below) was the inspiration for this jacket artwork, painted to
match the owner's left arm! this lovely Vargas image also graces
his custom-made Bugatti motorcycle, featured in a recent 'what's
new' motorcycle article. Painted patches on the front left chest
and left arm (the American flag) are shown above right.
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| Feiseler Storch and Stinson L-5
- a retiring pilot sought out his two favorite military aircraft
for the back of his Cooper A-2; both of which he has extensive airtime
in. Patches of the original Feiseler Storch company were created and
stitched to the front of this jacket (patch not shown). |
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'V.F.W. Post 7420' (right) This south-of-the-border
character has been painted on black canvas to match the posts' mascot.
'Viva Don Diego'! |
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Apparel Order Process....
You can provide your own jacket or Victory Girl can provide you
an original aviation A-2 or sheepskin-lined Navy G-1 flight jacket,
ordered to your size.
With hundreds of nose art images in stock or your own design, we
can create durable, wearable artwork you'll enjoy for years to come.
We'll discuss the kinds of artwork you're looking for and give
you several options (cartoon characters, black and white photo look,
Betty Boop,..etc) for images that suit your needs.
We'll then provide you a written estimate of the cost (usually
via email) and, with the jacket ordered to your size, (or your own
shipped here) we can begin work.
Jacket/denim artwork designs can take from 4-16 hours of labor
to complete, depending preparation and complexity of the design.
We'll pay for shipping from the jacket supplier, you pay for shipping
of your jacket.
All artwork is coated in a clear, matte varnish to ensure waterproofing
and resistance to scratches and scuffs.
Call us for details at 909-297-6688 or email us at jerri@victory-girl.com
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Wallace and Grommit on black denim.
This stunning artwork displays a sample "blood
chit" sown inside flightjackets during wartime. |
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Can we create a jacket design for you? Contact us
via email at
jerri@victory-girl.com, or
909-297-6688.
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