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I don't want to resurrect this - but I guess I am. If you look online and try to find a Luftwaffe WWII leather jacket you will discover the largest size they made was a 40 - with 38 being commonly the largest size readily available. The German pilots were slight of stature . . .

And the canopy would be opening the 'wrong' way too!

I'm resurrecting this thread because after looking at all of it [and thanking those for the great references] there is a great amount of interesting debate over Wr. 5819 and 5866 and to distinguish them absent the werk on the tail . . . look at posts 109 and 209 - and look at the photo of the...