KASTAUFFER Posted February 8, 2014 Share #501 Posted February 8, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KASTAUFFER Posted February 8, 2014 Share #504 Posted February 8, 2014 The strap on one set is named. VGS-11 was the unit he served with until he transferred to VT-21 at Guadalcanal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted February 8, 2014 Share #505 Posted February 8, 2014 His throat mic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted February 8, 2014 Share #506 Posted February 8, 2014 Here is a photo of him in 1944 wearing one of the helmet and goggles. Looks like he might be wearing a leather helmet in the photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted February 8, 2014 Share #507 Posted February 8, 2014 Photo of him on Guadalcanal wearing what appears to be the Helmet with the red TC-66 receivers. Note the art on his May West and the Thompson he is holding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SergeantMajorGray Posted February 9, 2014 Share #508 Posted February 9, 2014 Photo of him on Guadalcanal wearing what appears to be the Helmet with the red receivers. Note the art on his May West and the Thompson he is holding! boom2.jpg Great picture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorpedoSquadron11 Posted February 9, 2014 Share #509 Posted February 9, 2014 Kurt, Thanks for posting these. I am glad you picked up this grouping. Seeing named VT-11 gear makes my day. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry_k Posted February 10, 2014 Share #510 Posted February 10, 2014 Nice helmet's Kurt. In this advanced level of collection You should know that red ear cups are TC-66. Regards, Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted February 10, 2014 Share #511 Posted February 10, 2014 Great stuff....but so sad to see the goggle cushions deteriorating like that...70 year old rubber products can be very unpredictable in that respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted February 10, 2014 Share #512 Posted February 10, 2014 Thanks for the feedback guys! Do you think I should restore the goggles or leave the crusty rubber pads on them? Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SergeantMajorGray Posted February 10, 2014 Share #513 Posted February 10, 2014 Thanks for the feedback guys! Do you think I should restore the goggles or leave the crusty rubber pads on them? Kurt Leave them crusty I think even very salty pads look better than the repros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazelot Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share #514 Posted February 12, 2014 That is a fantastic setup Kurt. Congratulations, the grouping went to a good home and it will be well taken care of. I love the history on that one. I personally would replace the pads with original pads (please do not put repro pads on those), my rationale is that the pads you currently have look un salvageable and hardened to the point of being rock hard. Some damaged pads are still usable even though they may be completely detached from the frame but with the ones you have on those you will never be able to do anything with them and you won't be able to display them with the helmets. Also the aviator did not mark the pads (it looks like only the straps are named) so you would not lose any personal stuff the aviator may have added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazelot Posted February 15, 2014 Author Share #515 Posted February 15, 2014 I got this set a few months back. It is a 1092 summer helmet with rigger added oxygen snaps thta came from the A-14 kit, I haven't seen thta many customized this way: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazelot Posted February 15, 2014 Author Share #516 Posted February 15, 2014 I just received this helmet. It is a fantastic 1092 leather helmet with TC66 cups added and oxy snaps. I added a pair of AN6531 Bausch and Lomb glasses. THose helmets are getting quite hard to find and I am REALLY pleased I got this one: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazelot Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share #517 Posted February 16, 2014 Another M-450, very well named and with original lucky charms. It looks like it belonged to agunner as the receivers is the rather rare left sided version for the communication plug. I really love all the personnal modifications added by the aviator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazelot Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share #518 Posted February 23, 2014 One helmet that I have had for while is this late WWII / Korean war nylon flight helmet. I love it because it unique. It was 100% rigger made. It is a huge size so I assume that is the reason why it was made from scratch. It is made of extremely thick nylon material (way thicker than the the late war green nylon Navy version. The oxy snap that came with it is post war but the helmet could have been made at any time between 1944 and the Korean war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazelot Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share #519 Posted February 23, 2014 Plain Jane 1944 nylon flight helmet modified for the TH37 receivers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted February 23, 2014 Share #520 Posted February 23, 2014 Terrific helmet...like a nylon AN-H-15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted February 23, 2014 Share #521 Posted February 23, 2014 Here's a similar O2 mask hook on my KW P-Series helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazelot Posted February 24, 2014 Author Share #522 Posted February 24, 2014 Terrific helmet...like a nylon AN-H-15. Thanks, it is definitely unique and when I received it I could not believe it. It is the only flight helmet I know of that was made from the ground up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry_k Posted February 25, 2014 Share #523 Posted February 25, 2014 M450 with Lucky Charms is the best glad You got it !!!!!!!!! About last custom made nylon example as we were talking, I supposed that this one is a 50s hard shell helmet liner... Cheers, Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazelot Posted February 28, 2014 Author Share #524 Posted February 28, 2014 This is my latest purchase and I am REALLY glad I won it. A WWII nylon naval flight helmet with oxygen snaps added is one of the rarest naval aviator flight helmets from WWII you can possibly get. I did not have one and I had been looking for a long time for one. This one is not only rare but named to someone who has seen a lot of action in WWII and Korea. Lt. Colonel Luther S. Moore (USMC) had a big role in assisting the USAAF in planning the interception of Admiral Yamamoto as part of Operation Vengeance on April 18, 1943. He assisted in training and outfitting the P-38's with better navigational equipment. Lt. Moore was a USMC pilot who flew Brewster F2A3 and F4F4 Wilcats as the C/O of VMF-211 from Dec 1941 to August 1942. In Korea Lt. Colonel Luther S. Moore was MAG-12 commanding officer. There is a lot more to be found about the pilot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry_k Posted February 28, 2014 Share #525 Posted February 28, 2014 Nice one !!!!! Yes, this nylon 02 snapped are rare. Lucky to have one from the years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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