AZPhil Posted February 27, 2020 Share #1 Posted February 27, 2020 Hello Gent's, I am reading "Combat Flying Clothing" by C.G. Sweeting and in the section for Head Gear they mention the A-10 flight helmet but do not show a picture of one. I used my Bing Fu and my Goggle Chi and did not find a pic of one. It says that it replaced the AN-H-15 as the standard AAF summer flying helmet, and the AN-H-15 became substitute standard. I have the A-9, A-11 and the AN-H-15. If I'm missing one, could you let me know what it looks like? Semper Fi Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBookGuy Posted February 28, 2020 Share #2 Posted February 28, 2020 Hi, do you have the book 'Gear Up' by J. Maguire (1995)? There are some color pics of it, or (if remember correct) the A-10A variant virtually the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZPhil Posted February 28, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted February 28, 2020 I do apoloigize, I was at work when I was reading that book and I did a search on line and even checked here in the search engine to see if I could find one posted and there were none. So I asked. You are correct Sir, I just checked my copy of Gear Up and it is there. Next time I'll hold my questions until I get home and check out my other references. I have a AN-H-15 that I got because of the left waist gunner of my Uncle's (Tail Gunner) B-17 when they were shot down, He told me he was wearing the cloth flight helmet with the big black ear pads. When I read the description of the A-10, I was wondering if I got the wrong one, I kind of started to doubt what I had gotten. But after reading Gear Up it said the A-10 was standardized in July of 1944. They were shot down in April of 1944, So I do have the right one Once again, Sorry I did not check further before asking. Thank you for that answer. Semper Fi Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueBookGuy Posted February 28, 2020 Share #4 Posted February 28, 2020 They almost could be identical things, just a visual difference being the rear straps: leather for the AN-H-15 (and its parallel development for the USN, AN-6540 and AN-6542), cloth for the A-10 / A-10A. To next one - Franco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZPhil Posted February 28, 2020 Author Share #5 Posted February 28, 2020 Yes they could be almost identical. Just a minor detail and with a memory of over 70 year ago,, They both matched his description. Thank you Franco. Semper Fi Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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