Description:
leather flying helmet Physical description
Flying Helmet: brown leather chamois—lined flying helmet with rubber ear—pieces fitted with circular—shaped ear telephones. There are three metal pop fasteners to the left side of the face and a metal guide plate is fixed to the right. A bell—shaped jack plug is fitted.
History note
Second World War period RAF flying helmet. The Type C flying helmet replaced the earlier Type B in mid—1941 and was originally without integral wiring, but this was remedied in 1944. Early models also had leather chinstraps but these were also eventually replaced with elasticated fabric ones.
Flying Helmet: brown leather chamois—lined flying helmet with rubber ear—pieces fitted with circular—shaped ear telephones. There are three metal pop fasteners to the left side of the face and a metal guide plate is fixed to the right. A bell—shaped jack plug is fitted.
History note
Second World War period RAF flying helmet. The Type C flying helmet replaced the earlier Type B in mid—1941 and was originally without integral wiring, but this was remedied in 1944. Early models also had leather chinstraps but these were also eventually replaced with elasticated fabric ones.
Date:
1944
Provenance:
Flight Lieutenant W.F. Howard D.F.C. and Bar
service with
Southern Rhodesian Light Battery R.A.
Rhodesia Air Training Group
156 Sqn. Pathfinder Force
405 Sqn. Pathfinder Force
54 operational sorties over France and Germany. Navigator and member of the Rhodesian Contingent, for the Victory Parade London June 1946
service with
Southern Rhodesian Light Battery R.A.
Rhodesia Air Training Group
156 Sqn. Pathfinder Force
405 Sqn. Pathfinder Force
54 operational sorties over France and Germany. Navigator and member of the Rhodesian Contingent, for the Victory Parade London June 1946
Collection:
Equipment
Object ID:
2019.02.43
Source:
Howard, Clive
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