bazelot Posted July 27, 2012 Author Share #401 Posted July 27, 2012 Great display bazelot,Here is my contribution with one of my USN flight helmets: my lived NAF 1092 completed with TH-37 receivers by Telephonica and goggles. I have the mic also but is not displayed in the pics. Great 1092 with MKII goggles!! Thanks for posting them!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazelot Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share #402 Posted July 31, 2012 These pictures are not the best and the display heads do not do this helmet any service but here it goes; I still need to change the display head. THis is a 6542 with oxygen snaps and TH37 receivers. THis configuartaion is not common with oxygen snaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry_k Posted July 31, 2012 Share #403 Posted July 31, 2012 nice helmet TOM. Generally it is hybrid model between AN6540-L and AN6541... AN6542 is a summer version cheers, Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazelot Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share #404 Posted July 31, 2012 nice helmet TOM.Generally it is hybrid model between AN6540-L and AN6541... AN6542 is a summer version cheers, Jerry You are correct. This is actually the AN6540! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry_k Posted July 31, 2012 Share #405 Posted July 31, 2012 50/50... buckles and three panles section at the sides are from AN6540-L,S,W series, small brow section at front from AN6541, 42, 43 series helmets... Cheers, Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazelot Posted August 1, 2012 Author Share #406 Posted August 1, 2012 Pictures of the M-450 with TC66 earcups and oxy snaps. Previous pictures made it look way dirtier than it actually is. Beautiful helmet, I love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braccobaldo Posted August 3, 2012 Share #407 Posted August 3, 2012 Beautiful M-450, This one of mine. I like it so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braccobaldo Posted August 3, 2012 Share #408 Posted August 3, 2012 Here another one, with MSA oxygen mask and B-8 goggles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazelot Posted August 8, 2012 Author Share #409 Posted August 8, 2012 Great helmets. Thanks for posting pictures of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazelot Posted August 8, 2012 Author Share #410 Posted August 8, 2012 Latest setup, early AN6542 with a contract number of January / February 1944. This one is very interesting for several reasons. It has a big AAF stamp on top, It has rigger added snaps, they are reinforced with leather from the back and with heavy duty canvas from the front. It also sports a leather name tag on the brow section (A.J. Bregar) Bregar flew P-51 Mustangs out of Iwo Jima and was credited with 2 kills. He was a AAF pilot and this helmet is a beautiful example of cross service use of gear. I was aware the Navy used AAF gear a lot but I had never owned a Navy helmet used by an Army pilot. The weird thing is that Adolph Bregar is listed on the USS White Plains aircraft carrier (CVE-66) in February of 1944. It must have been used as a transport for the many AAF men listed on the Nonenlisted Passengers list. A huge thank you to Forum Support all the information and the pictures of Bregar in his P-51 Mustang on Iwo Jima Nonenlisted Passengers list (February 1944) on USS White PLains (CVE-66): Entry in the 1946 US ARMY/US AIR FORCE REGISTER, showing that he spent a couple of years enlisted before becoming an Aviation Cadet Picture Of Bregar in his P-51 Mustang on Iwo Jima Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry_k Posted August 9, 2012 Share #411 Posted August 9, 2012 Very nice helmet TOM another good score! I like a way of reinforced a O2 snaps and the fact that helmet was used by AAF pilot! Cheers, Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkvalley Posted September 3, 2012 Share #412 Posted September 3, 2012 Hi all, Here is my latest acquisition. The Juliet is sewn directly on the flight cap. No device for headphones, I put a headset for the photo. The chin strap is well marked USN, no label manufacturer, as often encountered during WWII. Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkvalley Posted September 3, 2012 Share #413 Posted September 3, 2012 Juliet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry_k Posted September 4, 2012 Share #414 Posted September 4, 2012 Wow strange configuration but looks cool! WW2 deck helmets are rare to find ! Congrats, Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazelot Posted September 4, 2012 Author Share #415 Posted September 4, 2012 Very odd setup indeed. I had seen this one on Ebay. It came with a WWII pressure suit. That is one real cool setup. Could you take pics of the other side to see the attachments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazelot Posted September 13, 2012 Author Share #416 Posted September 13, 2012 One of my latest setups. Black TC66 cups covered in chamois thta was once sewn onto a M-450 helmet and subsequently cut out to make a headset. I had never seen a setup like this one and i am glad I got it. I wonder at what point the pilot decided to make a headset out of his flight helmet. Anyway avery interesting setup which I am displaying with VD goggles and M-450 helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry_k Posted September 13, 2012 Share #417 Posted September 13, 2012 Nice headset TOM !!!! I like a black TC-66 !!!! Congrats to find it in good price ! Cheers, Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazelot Posted September 15, 2012 Author Share #418 Posted September 15, 2012 Thanks Jerry. It is a great set. I still need to send you pictures of the deck helmets I haven't posted here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazelot Posted September 20, 2012 Author Share #419 Posted September 20, 2012 Latest setup, Commercial white deck helmet with TC66 earcups secured with leather. THe setup is really clean and the TC66 cups are mint. I had never seen TC66 cups in such great shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazelot Posted September 20, 2012 Author Share #420 Posted September 20, 2012 USN stamp inside: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazelot Posted September 20, 2012 Author Share #421 Posted September 20, 2012 R14 headset with black TC66 earcups. Headset and earcups are in amazing condition. AN6530 goggles has the thin grey rubber pad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazelot Posted September 20, 2012 Author Share #422 Posted September 20, 2012 Close up of the goggles with the thin rubber pad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qmjones Posted October 28, 2012 Share #423 Posted October 28, 2012 My first official US Navy helmet on The Forum. An M-450 with coarsely basted-on "volcanoes". Helmet is named in two places. Original goggle pad was 'fossilized' so a replacement was substituted in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazelot Posted May 18, 2013 Author Share #424 Posted May 18, 2013 I am going to add some more helmets soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazelot Posted May 18, 2013 Author Share #425 Posted May 18, 2013 Latest picture of my main display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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