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That would be an officer hat with the stiffener taken out to give it the floppy appearance. Quite commonly done.

 

That hat itself is period and just fine.

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how could you tell if a pilot wore it unless named?

You can't. And a 'crusher' refers to the brim being extremely flexible and this does not appear to be one. Not all aviators wore crushers. This looks like a nice WWII Army Officer's visor hat..........Bobgee

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Army Air Force pilots were Army officers, some wore standard officer's cap with a stiff visor, some wore 'crushers' and vice-versa. It seems every WW2 Army officer's cap for sale today is described as a "crusher cap" but very few are.

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It seems every WW2 Army officer's cap for sale today is described as a "crusher cap" but very few are.

 

This is for real! ;)

 

Armand

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Indeed. Since the term "crusher" was originally coined by function, unless you can provide provenance, there is no way to know if it is a "real" crusher. This has been debated before and despite what the enthusiastic collectors say - that only a Flightweight or Flighter by Bancroft and the like are true crushers, a "real" crusher is what a "real" crusher was. I have seen groupings of guys who never left the ground that contained Bancroft "Flighters".

And for the record that has a layered brim that is easily formed. I have one quite like it that had many missions on it. Now one of those hard bulbous-edged EM-type caps? - doubtful too many even tried to curl those.

JMO,

Dave

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Indeed. Since the term "crusher" was originally coined by function, unless you can provide provenance, there is no way to know if it is a "real" crusher. This has been debated before and despite what the enthusiastic collectors say - that only a Flightweight or Flighter by Bancroft and the like are true crushers, a "real" crusher is what a "real" crusher was. I have seen groupings of guys who never left the ground that contained Bancroft "Flighters".

And for the record that has a layered brim that is easily formed. I have one quite like it that had many missions on it. Now one of those hard bulbous-edged EM-type caps? - doubtful too many even tried to curl those.

JMO,

Dave

 

Spot on, Dave.

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You can fold a crusher up and put it in your pocket.

 

Many AAF officers including flyers would have a regular army officer visor and give it the 50 mission look.

 

So it would look like a crusher.

 

But a true "crusher'' can be crushed into a ball.

 

The visor that started this thread is not a true crusher but has the look and could have been worn by officer air crew.

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